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In the popular press of the 1880s and 1890s, "dude" was a new word for "dandy"—an "extremely well-dressed male", a man who assigned particular importance to his appearance. The café society and Bright Young Things of the late 1800s and early 1900s were populated with dudes. Young men of leisure vied to display their wardrobes.
The word "fop" is first recorded in 1440 and for several centuries just meant a fool of any kind; the Oxford English Dictionary notes first use with the meaning of "one who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite" in 1672. [2]
to be of poor quality, objectionable, very bad (informal) [66] [67] [68] sucker One who sucks (lit. and fig.): fool, dupe, gullible person Secondary shoot produced from the roots of a plant A lollipop any person or thing (used either humorously or in annoyance) suds (n.) froth, lather; (v.) to lather
Bad or taboo words for many things far outnumber the "good" words. Hugh Rawson notices in his book Wicked Words that when looking at Roget's International Thesaurus, there are "89 synonyms for drunk, compared to 16 for sober, and 206 for bad person compared to 82 for good person. The synonyms for unchastity in the Thesaurus fill 140 lines ...
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The word eventually became associated with members of the Camorra and has often been used in the Naples area as a friendly or humorous term of address among men. [7] The word likely transformed into the slur "wop" following the arrival of poor Italian immigrants into the United States .
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Ah, the rib! It's located high on the back of the cow that doesn't get much exercise, so it's prized for being particularly juicy and tender. You'll often see cuts of the rib used for a Christmas ...