
Origin of "deez nuts" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Apr 23, 2015 · "Deez Nuts" may be ultimately derived from Dr. Dre's album, Chronic, or merely juvenile silliness. But in 2015, the expression was popularized, or repopularized, by a viral meme created by …
Questions about meanings and usage of "deez nuts" - slang
Aug 23, 2015 · 5 "deez nuts" is an extremely well-known slang "meme" in the US, for some 10 (?) years. It's so well-known I can't be bothered googling to copy and paste information on it. It has particularly …
"The Nuts" in Poker - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I read a interesting article regarding origin of the term "The Nuts" in Poker. It means the best possible hand and though a well known term, no-one seems to know its origin. Wikipedia gives the s...
How does one "get rekt"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Mar 2, 2016 · I don't remember seeing "get rekt", I do remember seeing "rekt" and "got rekt" for describing catastrophic failure to perform.
"Going to go" vs "going to" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jun 9, 2012 · 1) I am going to go watch a game. 2) I am going to a game. 3) I am going to golf. 4) I am going to go golfing. What are the differences and similarities between and among sentences 1...
''Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib''?
Dec 28, 2020 · I think, in the first mission of Franklin in the video-game GTA 5, Llamar says this to Franklin in front of a house: Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib? What does that mean? I just …
Pronunciation and usage of "bona fide"
If you're an older American lawyer who came from the Ivy League, a well-educated Brit, or just really old-fashioned, you say fide as 'FIE dee' (rhymes with 'tidy') and fides as 'FIE deez' (rhymes with 'tidies'). …
pronunciation - How to pronounce "Ephemerides"? - English Language ...
Jan 28, 2017 · Pleiades has two common pronunciations, neither of whose final syllables sound like those in ephimerides to me. Could you include a phonetic transcription to make it quite clear what …
Origin of the idiom "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts"?
The aphorism was coined by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Don Meredith, who later became a sports commentator for the TV show Monday Night Football in 1970. 17 December 1970, Ada (OK) Evening …
foreign phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 10, 2016 · The plural of the full version is maîtres d’hôtel, as one would expect, but the plural of the shortened form is maitre d’s, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English …