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"Scofflaw" was the winning entry of a nationwide competition to create a new word for "the lawless drinker," with a prize of $200 in gold, sponsored by Delcevare King, a banker and enthusiastic supporter of Prohibition, in 1923. [1]
Scoff or SCOFF may refer to: . Scoff, a colloquial term for the act of eating, usually quickly "Scoff" a song by Nirvana on their album Bleach; Scoff, a colloquial term for fellatio
"I think we agree, the past is over." [12] [13] – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 10, 2000; to his former primary election rival John McCain“We can have filters on Internets where public money is spent.” – during his third Presidential debate with Al Gore, October 17, 2000 [14]
With the increasing awareness of toxic masculinity in this day and age, what it means to “be a man” isn’t the same as it used to be. What may have been scoffed at in the past may be praised ...
The newly awakened Canadian pride is not to be scoffed at. In his speech, plugging Canadians to vacation in domestic national parks instead of abroad, Trudeau suggested “finding your own way to ...
Vehmic courts symbol. The Vehmic courts, Vehmgericht, holy vehme, or simply Vehm, also spelt Feme, Vehmegericht, Fehmgericht, [1] are names given to a tribunal system of Westphalia in Germany active during the Late Middle Ages, based on a fraternal organisation of lay judges called "free judges" (German: Freischöffen or French: francs-juges). [2]
Suze Orman scoffed at a $28K insurance quote for her Florida condo — says the insurer 'will probably contest' any claim she files anyway. Why this alarming trend threatens US home ownership.
The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang identifies the earliest use of the expression "chopped liver" in its derogatory sense—meaning "something trivial; something to be scoffed at"—as Jimmy Durante's remark on his 1954 CBS-TV show, "Now that ain't chopped liver."