May 27, 2011 · I've noticed that there are some sounds like: Animal sounds nature sounds e.g. raining sound what are these called in English?

May 12, 2020 · The expression "bada bing" and often accompanied by "bada boom" is used when something was very easily accomplished or as an euphemism of the nastier bits of something (like in …

Also dook. 1874 Hotten Slang Dict. 153 ― ‘Put up your dooks’ is a kind invitation to fight. 1879 Macm. Mag. XL. 501 (Farmer), ― I said I would not go at all if he put his dukes (hands) on me. 1894 Astley …

In Britain, I don't think the American 'dook' is common - maybe some people in East Anglia say it that way (?) I would say, for the most part, it is older members of the aristocracy that tend to use 'dyook' …

Apr 13, 2017 · For the same reason you suggested Oki-doki -- it's easier to say than okay-dokay. Changing one letter from okay to okey keeps a resemblance with the original -- if ever it should need …

My preferred word for this is foreboding. Here is the entry for foreboding from Merriam-Webster: : a feeling that something bad is going to happen. Some examples from the entry: She was filled with a …

In linguistics, is there a term describing this phenomenon, i.e., when the syllables of two words are slurred together in the spoken language? They are not contractions. While contractions are

The word is spelled gobbledygook and does not have racist origins (although they are fowl). Here is the etymology: also gobbledegook, "the overinvolved, pompous talk of officialdom" [Klein], 1944, …

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Variants that are relative newcomers As for the suggested longer expression "Jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one," the earliest matches I could find for it are two instances …