I was told years ago that "JIP" was a television term meaning "joining in progress". By joining a show already in progress (example: a live football game) you had missed a portion of it. You were jipped. Now it is a part of our vernacular. If this is the case, then there is no "casual racism" and political correctness would have nothing to do ...

2014年12月4日 · gyp (jip). n. [In the first sense said to be a sportive application of the Greek [greek letters omitted] for vulture, with ref. to their supposed dishonest rapacity; but prob. in this, as in the second sense, an abbr. of gypsy, gypsy as applied to a sly, unscrupulous fellow] 1. A male servant who attends to college rooms.

2016年12月25日 · I believe the origin is in the dance, as in "dancing a jig." "The jig (Irish: port) is a form of lively folk dance in compound meter, as well as the accompanying dance tune.

2013年3月18日 · The phrase "no shit, Sherlock" or just "no shit" is a reply used when someone else points out something obvious. I was thinking about it the other day and I realized I don't know if there is a clean

2011年1月8日 · I was taught that, at least, 'therefore' and 'so' and can be used interchangeably, one being informal, the other formal. But, even when written, replacing 'so' with 'therefore' doesn't seem correct...