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- Etymology of Bank Jugging - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Just today I saw this referred to as "bank jugging" I can not find an etymology of why they use the word "jugging" It rhymes with "mugging" but that just leads me to ask what is the etymology of "mugging" Here are links to it being used in news stories:
- How and when did jug come to be a slang term for prison?
The OED's first instance of jug meaning a prison occurs under "Stone-Jug" where, in 1796, in Grose's Dictionary Vulgar T, "Stone-Jug" refers to "Newgate, or any other prison " Under "jug" itself, the OED cites an 1861 poem in which the narrator was sentenced to "ten years in the Jug "
- Jogging or running? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Jogging is what you do just to get exercise, burn calories, and stay loose The only variable to monitor is approximate distance and just "how you feel"
- Where exactly did the slang phrase digging it come from
From EtymOnline: In 19c U S student slang it meant "study hard, give much time to study" (1827); the 20c slang sense of "understand" is recorded by 1934 in African-American vernacular
- meaning - What exactly does it mean to mug somebody off in British . . .
It may not have any well-defined meaning as a phrase (I'm British, and I've never heard it) "Mug" has a variety of uses, so a sentence like that is probably not an idiom at all You should bear in mind that a film may go to some lengths to accentuate (or even make up) "cockney-isms" — don't mistake movie Cockney for British English, they are
- More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but . . .
I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better:
- historical change - Etymology of Bare-bones Barebones - English . . .
I noticed whilst looking in the OED (online) that the term bare-bones only exists meaning 'a lean or skinny person' (first use, 1598)---not the meaning many other dictionaries quote as 'the minimum
- meaning - Queueing or Queuing - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which spelling is better, queueing or queuing? Both words seem to mean the same, but there are two different spellings My context is: Queueing Latency versus Queuing Latency If both spelling
- grammar - Understanding as of, as at, and as from - English . . .
It is certainly an answer There are three conflicting meanings in play, licensed by certain dictionaries 'As of' is ill-defined Any answer claiming that only one meaning is licensed is incorrect You mean 'I don't like this answer ' –
- How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping snoring?
In fact it has made itself into its own meaning - it no longer needs explanation and is generally accepted world wide as a representation of sleeping The reason it even became what it now is, is almost lost, such as the meaning of the wrong end of the stick I’ll let you figure that one out
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