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Some computery answers!
- Origin of the term “wizard” in computing
- What is the etymology of “fanboi”?
- What is the origin of ZOMG?
Some other answers!
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Where did the phrase “chock-full” come from? Nor do I, but just go for it; their policy is to be bold in updating pages. |
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Where did the phrase “chock-full” come from? Wiktionary is editable. How about correcting the etymology? |
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May 17 |
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Where does the phrase “fair do's/dues/doos/does” come from? Is there anything to suggest the British phrase fair dos is connected to this Arabic word for heaven, firdos? |
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May 17 |
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Where does the phrase “fair do's/dues/doos/does” come from? @Samthere: Yeah, no problem, fair dos. |
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May 17 |
answered | Chuffed - happy or unhappy? |
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May 17 |
answered | Where does the phrase “fair do's/dues/doos/does” come from? |
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May 16 |
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How did the term “to favor” come to signify a limp? added 1 characters in body |
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May 16 |
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How did the term “to favor” come to signify a limp? The usage may well go that far back, but the known record does not (yet) :) |
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May 16 |
answered | How did the term “to favor” come to signify a limp? |
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First printed use of the word “diagram” in English Good find! Would you like to contribute these antedatings to the OED? |
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What's the origin of the figure of speech “call the shots”? added 3589 characters in body |
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May 13 |
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What's the origin of the figure of speech “call the shots”? added 3589 characters in body |
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May 13 |
answered | What's the origin of the figure of speech “call the shots”? |
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May 12 |
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Provenance of 'deprecated' (in the programming sense) @mgkrebbs: Good find! That section explains how deprecation works, and it's the same as today. In their case, they allowed 11 years for transition. |
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May 12 |
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When did we start naming our dogs Rover, and why? No mention of Rover in the 1576 Of Englishe dogges: the diuersities, the names, the natures, and the properties. |
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Provenance of 'deprecated' (in the programming sense) Added tags |
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May 12 |
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Provenance of 'deprecated' (in the programming sense) added 164 characters in body |
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May 12 |
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Provenance of 'deprecated' (in the programming sense) added 164 characters in body |
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May 12 |
answered | Provenance of 'deprecated' (in the programming sense) |
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First printed use of the word “diagram” in English @Kris: Neither the State of Michigan, nor their Department of State Highways or Testing Laboratory Section existed in 1599, especially as the first Europeans didn't even get there until the next century. |
