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  1. What does "coll" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 19, 2022 · What does "coll" mean? [closed] Ask Question Asked 3 years, 7 months ago Modified 3 years, 7 months ago

  2. etymology - What is the origin of "cool beans"? - English …

    May 11, 2019 · I've read it a few times and assumed it was some sort of Beatnik expression. "Cool", of course, is a well-known Beatnik term, but what is meant by "beans" in this context is …

  3. 'Calm, cool and collective' vs 'calm, cool and collected'

    What is the difference between calm, cool and collective and calm, cool and collected? What is the meaning of collective or collected when used in this way? I checked the dictionary but still …

  4. word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 17, 2014 · What he says is clearly gotten, although he says it with an American accent, replacing the 't' with a glottal stop, and not emphasizing the 'n' very much.

  5. Where did the slang usages of "cool" come from?

    I see and hear two general slang usages of cool - one meaning great (illustrated by a and b below), and one meaning acceptable/okay (illustrated by c and d). The following are …

  6. word choice - What do you call the thing you get at the hospital …

    When you break your leg or any of your appendages you get a binding, you know, the white thing to fix your arm or leg. What is that called? I find the words gypsum, cast and plastery in the dict...

  7. What does "Google-fu" mean? [duplicate] - English Language

    Exact Duplicate: Can anyone tell me what the suffix “-fu” stands for in the following sentence? I was reading an article on MSDN where I found a mention to google-fu. It says, “To …

  8. When to use 'no good'; when to use 'not good'? [duplicate]

    From OED (good): colloq. to be any, some, no good: to be any, some, no use. Also of persons, to be no good = 'to be a bad lot', to be worthless. Also of things a bit of no good, quite a lot of …

  9. etymology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 30, 2020 · The President-elect tried to buck up weary Americans with a hopeful Thanksgiving message this week, promising that this "grim season of division" would soon give …

  10. Where does the word “wankers” come from? - English Language …

    The term wanker is derived from the verb wank in the sense of to masturbate. However, neither the OED nor Etymonline can trace it further back than that: both claim it is of “obscure origin”, …