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Vintage Slang
Vintage slang refers to colloquial words or expressions in the English language, associated with a particular decade. Some examples of this are “catch 22” from the 1970s and “grandstand” from the 1940s.
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PERT refers to program evaluation review technique. Is a chart used in project management to coordinate tasks associated with projects.
Abka is an abbreviation that stands for "Always Be Kind Always". It is a phrase used to remind people to always be kind no matter what. It encourages people to be kind to each other to be respectful and to be understanding.
- Always be kind.
- Always be respectful.
- Always be understanding.
What is the origin of the word 'treated' when it is used as slang for 'insulted'?
I'm not 100% sure, but I know that people who went to my high school outside of Chicago used it all the time, and when I would go other places people had no idea what I was talking about. Then somebody else told me it's a Chicago thing, like from the west side.
KPMG stands for Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler
Kpmg can stand for several things. One thing that kpmg stands for is the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. Kpmg can also stand for Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler which is an accounting firm.
What slang terms did German soldiers use for US British and Russian soldiers in World War 1?
The Germans referred to the British as 'Tommys'.
Where did the phrase girl Friday originate?
The phrase Girl Friday came from Man Friday after the native in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719)
What is an 8 letter word meaning deserving of a curse?
anathema ---- really? i always thought it was accursed (pronounced a curse ed)
What is the meaning behind the phrase 'Power of the Purse'?
Power of the Purse is the control of the House of Commons over Public Expenditure.
Where did the saying green with envy come from?
The phrase "green with envy" is believed to originate from ancient Greece, where the color green was associated with jealousy and envy. This concept was further popularized by Shakespeare, who used similar expressions in his plays, linking the color to negative emotions. The idea is that the physical manifestation of envy can make a person look sickly, hence the association with a green hue. Over time, the expression became a common idiom in English to describe intense jealousy.
Stress Corrosion Cracking, a failure which occurs when metals are exposed to stress in a corroding environment.
AMERICAN SUPPORTS MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT AMERICAN socity of mechanical engineer
What 5 letter word also the makemodel of a car is a slang term for understanding?
The answer is savvy
What is the origin of the term towheaded?
" 'Tow' has for centuries been used as a name for flax or hemp prepared for spinning." [From "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris]
What is the origin of the term booting?
Well, the computer term came from "bootstrap loader" which was a very short program that could hand off to something more complex.
In turn, "bootstrap loader" came from the idiom to pull oneself up by the bootstraps, meaning to get going, put in extra effort, and solve the problem yourself. More modern slang might be "get over it," "deal with it," or "suck it up."
The bootstrap idiom comes from a story by Baron Munchausen who claimed to have pulled himself up by the bootstraps to carry himself out of a swamp where he was sinking.
Army Air Force as the US Air Force as it's own entity hasn't been created yet.
