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1 de may. de 2012 · 4. This is a slang term and was likely used in speech for a long time before being committed to the page, but the first print copy can still give us a rough idea of origin. Etymonline.com tells us: copycat (n.) by 1884, Amer.Eng., probably at least a generation older, from copy + cat. As a verb, from 1932. This Ngram tends to agree, with some ...
31 de ene. de 2015 · Possible sources. Partridge says it's US and Canada slang from c. 1930, and that Norman Franklin says (1976) the original reference is to ther agricultural muck-spreader, and also mentions the following joke as perhaps valid.
4 de feb. de 2015 · I've always heard that the phrase "In the weeds" had it's origins rooted in the prohibition era. The story goes that reserves of alcohol for most speakeasys wasn't stored, for the most part, inside said establishment because in the event of a raid, all of the reserve alcohol would be lost.
27 de ene. de 2012 · 1. Hissy fit could come from Hysterical, where hysteria was associated with women who had a hysterectomy and any fits of 'craziness' (for lack of a better term) were attributed to to the hysterectomy. Hence hissy fit and hence its association with women. (sourced from an undisclosed episode of QI, BBC.co.uk) Share.
22 de jul. de 2012 · Polly is a diminutive of Poll "as a female name, and name for a parrot," and Poll, altered from Moll, familiar form of Mary, is the traditional name for any parrot. The earliest quotation the OED gives for Polly as a name or designation for a parrot is from Ben Jonson's "Epigrams," 1616. In conclusion, there is no concrete proof of the exact ...
29 de ago. de 2016 · There may be an obscure single-word that means "science lover", but it won't be understood by most readers. So, I suggest you use two words: Science + lover / buff / aficionado / enthusiast / nut / fan / fanatic / addict etc. There are quite a lot of usage examples for these on Google. Then there's also wannabe scientist, which might have a ...