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Although Go originated in China, the current English and Western technical vocabulary borrows a high proportion of terms from the Japanese language because it was through Japan that the West was introduced to Go. Many of these terms are from a jargon used for technical Go writing and are to some extent specially developed for Go journalism ...
a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier
Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII. Go to Davy Jones's locker [2] To drown or otherwise die at sea: Euphemistic: Peregrine Pickle describes Davy Jones as 'the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep'. Go to the big [place] in the sky To die and go to ...
[go] tits up (mildly vulgar) to suddenly go wrong (literally, to fall over. US: go belly up). cf pear-shaped (appears in the US mainly as military jargon, sometimes sanitized to "tango uniform") toad-in-the-hole batter-baked sausages, sausages baked in Yorkshire Pudding toff (slang) member of the upper classes toffee apple
lam: To lay down, go into hiding. large: a thousand, a grand, a G. LCN: abbreviation for La Cosa Nostra. lupara bianca: a journalistic term to indicate a Mafia slaying done in such a way that the victim's body is never found. made man: an inducted member of the family. make one's bones: gain credibility by killing someone.
By 1965, "go-go" was a recognized word for a music club, as evidenced by the TV show Hollywood A Go-Go (march 1965-1966), or the song title of that year's hit Going to a Go-Go by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (released November 1965). At a go-go club, dancers could expect to hear the latest top 40 hits, performed
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Absolute specifications of time are preferred to relative constructions using recently, currently, and so on, because the latter may go out of date. "By December 2024 contributions had dropped" has the same meaning as "Recently, contributions have dropped" but the first sentence retains its meaning as time passes.