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Joshua K:
Joshua K:
1848, Amer.Eng. (New York City), from Du. hoekje "hide and seek," or from hook it, 14c., "make off, run away," originally "depart, proceed."
xenophobe:
Indiana Jordan:
chupacabra:
Joshua K:
Joshua K:
1631, from Fr. computer, from L. computare "to count, sum up," from com- "with" + putare "to reckon," orig. "to prune." Computer used for person, 1646; mechanical calculating machine, 1897; and electronic machine, 1946 or 1941. In the modern meaning, "programmable digital electronic computer" is from 1945 (theoretical sense is from 1937, as Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) is usually considered the first. Computerese first recorded 1960.
Joshua K:
tullius:
9:
9:
89:
959:
pvt. shaved balls:
tripe.:
Joshua K:
"testicles," 1325, from pl. of ball (1). See also ballocks. Meaning "courage, nerve" is from 1928; ballsy "courageous, masculine" first recorded 1959 in Norman Mailer (writing of Truman Capote). Ball-busting "difficult" is first recorded 1944; ball-buster disparaging for "dominant female" is from 1974. Balls to the wall, however, is probably from WWII Air Forces slang, from the ball that topped the aircraft throttle, thrust to the bulkhead of the cockpit to attain full speed.
Indiana Jordan:
Joshua K:
1540, "cover or bag for clothes," from M.Fr. toilette "a cloth, bag for clothes," dim. of toile "cloth, net" (see toil (2)). Sense evolution is to "act or process of dressing" (1681); then "a dressing room" (1819), especially one with a lavatory attached; then "lavatory or porcelain plumbing fixture" (1895), an Amer.Eng. euphemistic use. Toilet paper is attested from 1884. Toilet training is recorded from 1940.
negator:
shaved:
!:
my colo gist:
Joshua K:
1564, "of the Fr. middle class," from Fr., from O.Fr. burgeis "town dweller" (as distinct from "peasant"), from borc "town, village," from Frank. *burg (see borough). Sense of "socially or aesthetically conventional" is from 1764; in communist and socialist writing, "a capitalist" (1883). Bourgeoisie (n.) "middle class" is first recorded 1707.
adam g:
working class: you need to work to sustain yourself.
middle class: you are working class, but have been persuaded to support the agendas of the owning class.
Will:
Now after the ketchup thing I have a crush on her again.
adam g:
does your job further the sustenance or quality of our lives, or is it "economic activity" for its own sake?
Joshua K:
Will:
Nightjars? Night people?
adam g:
Will:
Will:
Pieter:
Joshua K:
Pieter:
Joshua K:
bipsydipwater:
Joshua K:
anemone: