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  1. Origin of "deez nuts" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 23, 2015 · Victim: What CD? Jokester: See deez nuts! Apparently everything old is new again --I was recently ambushed with a "deez nuts" joke by some current teenagers of my …

  2. Questions about meanings and usage of "deez nuts" - slang

    Aug 23, 2015 · Deez Nuts ain't loyal is a variation on "These hoes ain't loyal" EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING, a line in a song by Chris Brown. Many people said "Deez" instead of …

  3. "Going to go" vs "going to" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Jun 9, 2012 · 1) I am going to go watch a game. 2) I am going to a game. 3) I am going to golf. 4) I am going to go golfing. What are the differences and similarities between and among …

  4. "The Nuts" in Poker - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    I read a interesting article regarding origin of the term "The Nuts" in Poker. It means the best possible hand and though a well known term, no-one seems to know its origin. Wikipedia gives …

  5. ''Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib''?

    Dec 28, 2020 · It's very limited currency gangland slang in California. Loc = loco = crazy somehow morphed into being a generalised term for Hispanic members of certain street gangs. I think in …

  6. How does one "get rekt"? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Mar 2, 2016 · I don't remember seeing "get rekt", I do remember seeing "rekt" and "got rekt" for describing catastrophic failure to perform.

  7. Pronunciation and usage of "bona fide"

    If you're an older American lawyer who came from the Ivy League, a well-educated Brit, or just really old-fashioned, you say fide as 'FIE dee' (rhymes with 'tidy') and fides as 'FIE deez' …

  8. pronunciation - How to pronounce "Ephemerides"? - English …

    Jan 28, 2017 · Pleiades has two common pronunciations, neither of whose final syllables sound like those in ephimerides to me. Could you include a phonetic transcription to make it quite …

  9. Origin of the idiom "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts"?

    The aphorism was coined by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Don Meredith, who later became a sports commentator for the TV show Monday Night Football in 1970. 17 December 1970, Ada …

  10. foreign phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 10, 2016 · The plural of the full version is maîtres d’hôtel, as one would expect, but the plural of the shortened form is maitre d’s, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the …