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The term can be found in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814). Young Edmund Bertram is displeased with a dinner guest's disparagement of the uncle who took her in: "With such warm feelings and lively spirits it must be difficult to do justice to her affection for Mrs. Crawford, without throwing a shade on the Admiral."
In slang, it can mean not cool or relate to someone’s charm or attraction. “Aura points” can be gained or lost depending on your actions (e.g., falling down the stairs will give you negative ...
A throw is airmailed over the head of San Francisco Giants first baseman Pablo Sandoval. Slang for a fielder's errant throw that sails high over the player to whom he intended to throw the ball. For example, if the third baseman were to throw the ball over the first baseman's head and into the stands, he is said to have "airmailed" the throw.
Short for opposition or enemies; describes an individual's opponents. A secondary, older definition has the term be short for "other peoples' pussy". Originated from street and gang culture. Dexerto claims that the primary definition stems from the secondary one, which was derived from a 1991 Naughty by Nature song titled "O.P.P.". The ...
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
Disdain for new slang does, of course, transcend generations The terms are throwing parents for a loop, and some say even their younger children who have restricted internet access are repeating them.
Originally throw up the sponge or chuck up the sponge; OED cites "from the practice of throwing up the sponge used to cleanse the combatants' faces, at a prize~fight, as a signal that the ‘mill’ is concluded." (1860) [87] The phrase throw in the towel in a non-boxing sense first dates to 1916 in a book by C. J. Dennis. [87]
It is possible that the expression "throw/push/shove someone under the bus" came from Britain in the late 1970s or early 1980s. [1] [2] The earliest known usage of this phrase was 21 June 1982, when Julian Critchley of The Times (London) wrote "President Galtieri had pushed her under the bus which the gossips had said was the only means of her removal."