These include a long-running joke of spelling drunk backwards (“knurd”), implying that studious people don’t drink or party; a 1930s slang term for nuts (“nerts”); and a ventriloquist dummy popular in the ‘40s named Mortimer Snerd. In the ‘50s, nerds were “square,” but the...
Some of our words and our spellings do reflect British usage, however. We wouldn’t use the British term “lorry” for truck, but we have kept the “o-u-r” spellings in words such as “honour” and “colour”.I: This has been very interesting. I’m afraid we’re out of time....
She looked people in the eye and smiled. I found myself envying that woman. Somehow she had figured out that she had a right to be there. I admired her tremendously. Now, did everyone on the beach have the same reaction to her? I’m sure they didn’t. I’m sure there were ...
The 2017 Ghost also is afflicted with a Hollywood disease of Everything Has To Be Explained. Example: I was perfectly satisfied with the knowledge that a small band of rebels managed to steal the plans for the Death Star; I didn’t need to know who they were or how they did it. But...
I'm thinking that 50 years ago in Sioux Falls people were saying the same thing they say today. 'Doggone, it sure does cost a lot to live these days!'. So what did it cost to live in our great city back in the 'old days'? What did your parents or grandparents pay for this, ...
I'm thinking that 50 years ago in Sioux Falls people were saying the same thing they say today. 'Doggone, it sure does cost a lot to live these days!'. So what did it cost to live in our great city back in the 'old days'? What did your parents or grandparents pay for this, ...
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In Golf you probably know that a golfer who completes a hole one using one stroke less than par is said to have made a “birdie” on the hole. But why a bird or birdie? The term comes from early American Slang in which a “bird” was said to be “anything that was excellent”. ...
It just rolls around whistling like a psychopath in a horror movie. Another shopper admitted that they wanted to ram the bot with a shopping cart but held back against the violent act. Other shoppers called the bot 'annoying' and 'creepy' as they felt they were being followed by Tally ...
To dance to the tunes of jazz music. Swing To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate. Jazz To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite Swing (Slang) To be put to death by hanging. Jazz To complicate. Swing To have a subtle,...