- What is the origin of have a gander? (When meaning look. )
GANDER-MONTH, s the month in which a man's wife is confined in lying in Egerton Leigh, A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire (1877) essentially repeats Wilbraham's wording for gander-month and adds two entries for gonder: GONDER, s —A gooseberry L GONDER s —A gander Also, a fool, "What a gonder thee art, Raphe!" L
- Does take a gander commonly mean take a chance?
According to Lighter, the noun gander has two slang meanings: "a man, esp away from his home" and "a look " Amusingly, both Mathews and Lighter note that a gander party refers to the male equivalent of a hen party—a social gathering exclusively for men Presumably, at some point, socializing men decided that it was more dignified to be
- Whats good for the goose is good for the gander [closed]
This phrasing preserves the gender implied in the original idiom (gander is male, goose is female) If you want to say it without referring to gender, use: What is good for one is equally good for all
- meaning in context - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
You just have to parse it The subject of sounds is he just as it was of says, and the antecedent of he is the wild gander The object of sounds is it, and the antecedent of it is Ya-honk, which was the object of says So this simply means: The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night The wild gander says Ya-honk
- british english - Do Brits understand rhyming slang or are they . . .
We say, "take have a butchers" to mean a quick look, synonymous with the word gander when used in that sense Hope that is of some interest to some of you, I do love etymology, particularly for obscure colloquialisms
- terminology - “Lets burn that bridge when we come to it” – is this . . .
Seems these are called malaphors Definition: An informal term for a blend of two aphorisms, idioms, or clichés (such as "That's the way the cookie bounces")
- What is a female or gender neutral form of gentleman that relays the . . .
For work-place specific gender-neutral politically-correct terms refer to the answer by @third-news Otherwise, as Elliot Frisch has suggested, lady is the term you want
- What do you say when you dont know someones gender?
For example, I want to refer to someone on the internet, but I don't know this person's gender Which personal-pronoun do I use? (as article I mean he, she, it, etc)
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