2024年2月14日 · Hooky was once slang, but it has lasted so well that it is now Standard in its idiom. And Dick Wilkinson, Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors (2013) reports that the phrase "hook Jack" was used in the sense of "play truant" during the period 1840–1850: Hook Jack {Amer: 1840-50}/Play hookey [Amer]. Play truant.

2010年8月17日 · Neither Michael nor Albert is correct — this is the correct version per prescriptive rules.. Based on my understanding of grammar lessons,

Possible Duplicates: Which is correct, “neither is” or “neither are”? “Neither Michael nor Albert is correct” or “Neither Michael nor Albert are correct&

2016年10月24日 · The word catawampus in various spellings and syntactical guises has been in use in the United Sates since at least 1833, when James Paulding used the expression in his play about David Crockett, The Lion of the West. It appears as part of a letter from Colonel Nimrod Wildfire [Crockett] of Kentucky to his uncle, Peter Freeman: FREEMAN. ...

2017年1月26日 · They will usually say "I play guitar" even if there is only one guitarist in the band and they play only one instrument at any given gig. Not only that but if the same person takes one of his guitars into a street and busks a member of the public might report it to someone else as "I saw a guy playing a guitar in the street today".

2011年12月5日 · Like, if you're on a tennis court, and people are waiting around to play, and you're discussing who plays with whom next. – Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 Commented Dec 5, 2011 at 13:25

2015年7月9日 · The word is Double-Entendre. This can refer to any sentence with two meanings, but most often is used when one meaning of a sentence is innocent and the other is sexual.

The act of rapidly pressing/hitting controller button(s) or (a) keyboard to play the game. As always, there is an xkdc reference: this strip refers to 'fjafjkldsf' as " randomly keyboard mashing ". Share

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2015年8月7日 · Living or non-living is not the issue. I travel by plane. I travel by horse. I go with style. I go with God. ...