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  2. Oops - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 22 December 2024, at 15:56 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  3. Alley-oop - Wikipedia

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    The term "alley-oop" is derived from the French term allez hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. [1]The term “Alley Oop” was first popularized in the United States in 1932 as the name of a syndicated comic strip created by cartoonist V. T. Hamlin.

  4. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Cracker: In the United States, the use of "cracker" as a pejorative term for a white person does not come from the use of bullwhips by whites against slaves in the Atlantic slave trade.

  5. Alley Oop - Wikipedia

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    Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip created December 5, 1932, by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association.

  6. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.

  7. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology (/ ˌ ɛ t ɪ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the study of the origin and evolution of words, including their constituent units of sound and meaning, across time. [2] In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics , etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. [ 1 ]

  8. Interjection - Wikipedia

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    An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction. [1] [2] It is a diverse category, encompassing many different parts of speech, such as exclamations (ouch!, wow!

  9. Wardrobe malfunction - Wikipedia

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    An artist depicts torn clothing that uncovers a woman's buttocks. A wardrobe malfunction is a clothing failure that accidentally exposes a person's intimate parts.It is different from deliberate incidents of indecent exposure or public flashing.