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The original "up to eleven" knobs in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap "Up to eleven", also phrased as "these go to eleven", is an idiom from popular culture, coined in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, where guitarist Nigel Tufnel demonstrates a guitar amplifier whose volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, instead of the usual zero to ten.
A fact from Up to eleven appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 January 2006. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the phrase "Up to eleven", inspired by a scene from the 1984 film This is Spinal Tap, was entered into the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary in 2002 with the definition "up to maximum volume"?
EleVen, a clothing range designed by tennis player Venus Williams Elevenses , a short break taken at around 11:00 a.m. to consume a drink or snack A football team , cricket team , or a bandy team , so called because of the number of players on the team
Carsten Goerling/Getty Images. 11. Ghost or Ghosting. To stop talking to someone without cause or notice. Usually this happens quite unexpectedly and is cause for major confusion and a whole lotta ...
Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others. The local ...
Anyway up A reference to the number reading the same when viewed upside down. Either way up Meal for two A reference to the 69 sex position. A favourite of mine [2] 70 Three score and 10 A score is a way of counting in 20s in which one score is 20. 20 * 3 = 60 + 10 = 70. Three score and ten years is the span of life according to the Bible. [10] 71
The teen version of “mewing” is a “hush” symbol and touching the jawline to mean, “I can’t talk.” Lindsay tells TODAY.com that “sigma” is a classroom trend.
Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...