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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."
It derives from the American Football practice of enthusiastically throwing or spiking the ball against the ground when a touchdown is scored. [79] square off Boxing: To assume a fighting stance or attitude. In boxing, the term derives from the square shape of the ring, and the stance fighters assume immediately before the fight commences.
The meaning and intent of the English idiomatic expression is sometimes presented in different terms. Throw out the champagne with the cork [ 9 ] Empty the baby out with the bath [ 10 ]
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.
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."
Thus the verb "to oof" can mean killing another player in a game or messing up something oneself. [110] [111] oomf Abbreviation for "One of My Followers". [112] opp 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 ...
Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā [1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. [2] The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War .
The nomenclature varies by country. In most anglophone countries, it is known as a raspberry, which is attested from at least 1890, [5] and which in the United States had been shortened to razz by 1919. [6]