One origin story for fuck is that it comes from when sex was outlawed unless it was permitted explicitly by the king, so people who were legally banging had Fornication Under Consent of the King on their doors, or: F.U.C.K. But obviously that's wrong. As
Although I have built a reputation as a fan of the more “difficult” stuff, one of my favourite albums of the year (and one that is likely to be featured in many top 10 lists) is an album that, in many respects, is not even “prog” in the conventional sense of the word. Howeve...
"arouse by knocking at the door," from knock (v.) + up (adv.). However it is little used… See origin and meaning of knock up.
Molly House as a term for a brothel frequented by gay men is attested in a court case from 1726. Molly Maguire(n.) 1867, a member of a secret society in the mining districts of Pennsylvania (suppressed in 1876), which was named for an earlier secret society in Ireland (1843) formed ...
masc. proper name, in the Old Testament the brother of Moses, from Hebrew Aharon, which is said to be probably of Egyptian origin. The Arabic form is
Origin and history of Polaroid Polaroid(n.) 翻译成: 简体中文 (Chinese) material which in thin sheets produces a high degree of plane polarization of light passing through it, 1936, proprietary name (Sheet Polarizer Co., Union City, N.J.). For the elements, see polarize + -oid. As a ...
" written in English with swerves into Latin, at one point describes the denizens of Hell asfideles fornicarios, adulteros, molles, and so forth, andmollesis translated parenthetically in the text as "effeminate."Molly Houseas a term for a brothel frequented by gay men is attested in a...
fem. proper name, usually a familiar form of Ann before the 20c. rise in popularity of Nancy. From c. 1700 as a characteristic name for a serving maid