Sep 29, 2018 · Interesting, another user who professes to have been a teenager in the early 1980s but it still doesn't answer the question as to the origins of "boof" in slang and how it was …

Nov 19, 2018 · Here's an instance of "Boo Boo" as a pet name or term of endearment from The Martin Marauder and the Franklin Allens: A Wartime Love Story, published in 1980 but …

An expression of negativity. An exclaimation of disapproval of the current situation at hand. OED lists the interjectional and the second noun sense together and the earliest example is the …

Aug 18, 2019 · Here is an image in which the area is marked in green: (NSFW, genitals covered). Please note how the 'string' of the taut adductor muscles separates the groin on the front side …

Dec 13, 2022 · Thank you for the response. However, how would I refer to the number of siblings and still use the word siblings within the sentence? Or perhaps what would be a better way to …

Dec 8, 2013 · Since quiet is a two-syllable adjetive, the rule-of-thumb would make more quiet and most quiet the expected comparative forms; however, quietest and quieter are six-times more …

Sep 30, 2018 · Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly …

Nov 7, 2015 · I always see the expression “his breath hitched” or “his breathing hitched.” However, as far as I can tell in the dictionary, the word “hitched” does not denote anything I …

Nov 30, 2012 · I am currently writing an essay, I have to state there is a $1 million prize for something. What is the correct way of stating this amount? I have gone with "one million …

Feb 26, 2021 · Does it make a difference that there is a verb after the prepositions in/at? I see that it sounds good to say "X plays a role in Y". But somehow it sounds better to me to say "X …