sleep-talking,researchers found the most commonly used word is “no”,and the French swearword (骂人的话) “putain” occurred,reports the New York Times,“800 times more often in sleep than when awake”.The study also found that men sleep-talked more than women and used more swearwords. ...
Linguistically, swear words are unique—they can shock and offend, are processed differently in the brain, and saying them may allow you to withstand pain for longer. But where do they get their distinctive power? And how has this changed over time?Melissa Mohrgives us a badmouthed tour of...
But maybe because people love dogs so much, this term sounds about as vicious as a French bulldog puppy. 7 Namby-Pamby This term is an example of reduplication, a process that produces words like hubba-hubba, helter-skelter, mumbo-jumbo and a few other items on this list (riff-raff ...
The French poem has “coups” and I considered various words –“cuts,” “coups,”“coups counted,” etc. – but I thought because of “intoxicate” and “honey” that “cups” worked best in English.Siren Song by Michael R. BurchThe Lorelei’s...
What are some of thebest showsABC aired in the 1970s? Your votes will decide, but based on popularity,The Brady Bunchis a contender. This '70s ABC sitcom ran from 1969 to 1974, but it has remained a part of the popular culture ever since. Other greatABC comedy seriesfrom the 1970s ...
Swear- If, in the USA, you are cussing using cuss words, then we Brits would be swearing using swear words. We don't use "cuss" but our swear words are mostly listed here! Sweet fanny adams- This means nothing or sod all. It is a substitute for "sweet f*** all". It is also...
That'll show the bloody French! in the kingdom of the blind... Man Just Following His Pecker Around 18/08/2021 ...the one-eyed man is king! It isn't? ‘Guardian Reader’ Is Not An Occupation, Jobseeker Told 16/08/2021 It's more of a principle, really. dumb and dumber People...
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I cast my vote with Beckett, Charlotte Mandell, and William Meredith, in opting for “In the end” as the poem’s first words, not only because this is the literal sense of the French “A la fin,” but because it lays proper stress on Apollinaire’s audacity in starting with “the ...