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  • etymology - Why does tomnoddy mean dunce? - English Language . . .
    I'm looking for the etymology of the word tomnoddy which, according to Wiktionary, either refers to a puffin or a fool or dunce From Tolkien's The Hobbit, Old Tomnoddy, all big body, Old Tomn
  • meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    To any Briton born after about 1940, Noddy is Enid Blyton's simpleton hero, an odd little chap who muddles through by luck… not impossibly influenced by Dickens but clearly not vice versa So great is his - should that be her? - influence, it dwarfs what went before Still Randy Fink's Tom Noddy stands not alone but references, inter alia, My Lord Tomnoddy (Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–60
  • What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
    Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
  • word choice - Unselect or Deselect? - English Language Usage . . .
    If I want the user to revert their operation of selecting an item, should I say: "Unselect the option" or "Deselect the option"?
  • synonyms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    What is a word for rudely interrupting cutting someone off mid sentence? And trying to end the conversation? It was unintentional but I still need to apologise
  • pronunciation - How does one pronounce the @ symbol? - English . . .
    How can I pronounce @, At or At the rate? Can I use it in a sentence? Please explain with an example
  • Should there be a space before a percent sign?
    I will add that German standards, too, use a space (see DIN 5008, Duden, etc ), but it appears that barely any German is aware of that The style guidelines of the German Wikipedia agree that there should be a space, but even in their article on the percent sign itself that rule is occasionally ignored: for every instance with a space, there's another one without So much for standards
  • idioms - Whats the etymology of when the sh*t hits the fan . . .
    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 The Online Etymology Dictionary says: The expression [the shit hits the fan] is related to, and may well derive from, an old joke A man in a crowded bar needed to
  • Where did the phrase I dont give a rats ass come from?
    Apart from a single occurrence in 1953 (see Colin’s answer), Google ngram sees it picking up from 1970, after sporadic use in the 60’s I don't know anything about where it comes from, but it was probably picked up more for how it rolls of the tongue than other reasons
  • Is being low on the totem pole good or bad?
    From Wikipedia: Vertical order of images is widely believed to be a significant representation of importance This idea is so pervasive that it has entered into common parlance with the phrase "low man on the totem pole " This phrase is indicative of the most common belief of ordering importance, that the higher figures on the pole are more important or prestigious A counterargument





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