
Origin of "deez nuts" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Apr 23, 2015 · "Deez Nuts" may be ultimately derived from Dr. Dre's album, Chronic, or merely juvenile silliness. But in 2015, the expression was popularized, or repopularized, by a viral …
Questions about meanings and usage of "deez nuts" - slang
Aug 23, 2015 · Deez Nuts ain't loyal is a variation on "These hoes ain't loyal" EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING, a line in a song by Chris Brown. Many people said "Deez" instead of …
"The Nuts" in Poker - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I read a interesting article regarding origin of the term "The Nuts" in Poker. It means the best possible hand and though a well known term, no-one seems to know its origin. Wikipedia gives …
Pronunciation and usage of "bona fide"
Webster's provides audio for two pronunciations that match my experience. (Removed non-standard pronunciation guides based on the comments.) The most common usage in my …
How does one "get rekt"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Mar 2, 2016 · I don't remember seeing "get rekt", I do remember seeing "rekt" and "got rekt" for describing catastrophic failure to perform.
pronunciation - How to pronounce "Ephemerides"? - English …
Jan 28, 2017 · Pleiades has two common pronunciations, neither of whose final syllables sound like those in ephimerides to me. Could you include a phonetic transcription to make it quite …
Origin of the idiom "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts"?
The aphorism was coined by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Don Meredith, who later became a sports commentator for the TV show Monday Night Football in 1970. 17 December 1970, Ada …
''Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib''?
Dec 28, 2020 · I think, in the first mission of Franklin in the video-game GTA 5, Llamar says this to Franklin in front of a house: Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib? What does that mean? I …
foreign phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 10, 2016 · The plural of the full version is maîtres d’hôtel, as one would expect, but the plural of the shortened form is maitre d’s, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the …
Is the plural of 'prefix' really 'prefixes' rather than 'prefices'?
Oct 5, 2015 · But it is most common nowadays to pronounce this word as if it were taken directly from the Latin plural form, giving /ænˈtɪpədiːz/ "an-TIP-uh-deez".