Etymology

[Corpsey]

I only thought about the meaning of the phrase "cut to the chase" when it was placed in the context of being 'Hollywood' on a show I was watching.

Like cut to the car chase, this dialogue is boring

Always used it never thought about it

 

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[Corpsey]

I think you want the angry fry in top hate meme for that one

 

[Corpsey]

 

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[Corpsey]

Avocado (Origin: Nahuatl)​

The word avocado comes from Spanish aguacate, which in turn comes from the Nahuatl ahuacatl, meaning testicle.

 

[Murphy]

Jekyll

“Iudic-Hael“ - diminutive of a father’s name “Iud-Hael“, aka “Generous Lord”“

survives in old Welsh as ”Ithel“ and old Breton as “Iudic-Hael“, into Middle Breton “Jezikel“, into modern English “Jekyll”

 

[sufi]

I only thought about the meaning of the phrase "cut to the chase" when it was placed in the context of being 'Hollywood' on a show I was watching.

Like cut to the car chase, this dialogue is boring

Always used it never thought about it

cut to the chase, don't beat about the bush, a bird in the hand ...
=bloodsports metaphors

 

[william_kent]

cut to the chase, don't beat about the bush, a bird in the hand
=bloodsports metaphors

plus: kill two birds with one stone, take the bull by the horns

 

[sufi]

plus: kill two birds with one stone, take the bull by the horns

nature is a language

 

[sus]

A friend who's interested in this stuff recommended wiktionary so....

Etymonline is good too

I've been using Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, recommended by Hugh Kenner hisself

 

[Mr. Tea]

Entymology: the very specific study of where the names of insects come from.

 

[Mr. Tea]

The German word Schmetterling, meaning butterfly, comes from Schmetten, meaning cream, and the same folkloric association between butterflies and dairy foods that once existed in England. Interestingly, Schmetten is only widely used in Austria (the usual word for cream in German German is Sahne), and comes from the Czech word smetana, as in the name of the composer.

 

[Clinamenic]

smetana, as in the name of the composer.

A bed of rich cream...

 

[sus]

this must be where "smegma" comes from

 

[sus]

ah nevermind (from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα, smêgma, 'soap')

 

[Mr. Tea]

ah nevermind (from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα, smêgma, 'soap')

Bit ironic, that.