Meaning of the phrase "gin soaked boy" [closed]
As @Hank says, gin-soaked boy is a reference to the Tom Waits song of that title, in which the gin-soaked boy with whom the singer believes his wife is having an affair is always characterized as some gin-soaked boy that you don't know, so poetically the gin-soaked boy designates an attractive miscreant of impenetrable identity; the gin, then, is the source of both Hannon's …
What is the origin of the term 'blue ruin' for low-end gin?
2017年7月21日 · [early 19C] gin. Green's Dictionary of Slang; Green attributes this as a precursor to blue ruin, for the ruinous effect of particularly bad gin on a person's health. The earliest uses I can find in either OED or Google Books are instances of the term being defined as simply gin in slang dictionaries. Blue ruin: gin.
"Shnide"? "Schneid"? Which is it and what's this term's origin?
2011年3月25日 · The Athletics' radio announcers used the term, too. The connection of baseball players to gin rummy is quite strong because gin rummy is one of the main card games traditionally played in major league clubhouses, a fact mentioned by …
pronunciation - When does 'gi' sound like 'ji'? - English Language ...
2018年4月2日 · Let us take, ginger, we actually pronounce it as /ˈdʒɪndʒə/ (jinjer). But take, giggling, we pronounce it as /ˈɡɪɡ(ə)lɪŋ/. There are numerous examples of this, and this confuses me a lot. So, how d...
verbs - "log in to" or "log into" or "login to" - English Language ...
I would write “Log in to host.com.” I think that “login” is a noun (as in “login screen”). I would find the words “loginned” and “loginning” awkward.
Why is 'c*nt' so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
Good question. I hear it in British films used very casually, and the Aussies seem to use it the way the Brits use mates — or at least in the same context.
What does "dirty" mean in relation to a drink?
A martini is simply gin (or vodka) with some proportion of vermouth (the relative proportion determines whether it is "dry" - almost purely gin or vodka - or "wet" - more vermouth.) It can be garnished with an olive or a lemon twist.
What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?
On the use of so-called 'zero genitive', marked by a simple apostrophe in spelling ('), and the 's possessive with nouns ending with an s, Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik specify in A Comprehensive grammar of the English Language (pp. 320 & 321) that:
Which is correct: "not less than" or "no less than"? [closed]
You might do better over at ELL, Gin. But your question as it now stands is subtly different, with 'fifty' being a rough figure (5 couldn't be in normal conversation) – and so, I'd say, belongs here.
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