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Portrait of Bluestockings by Richard Samuel Caricature of blue stockings by Rowlandson. Bluestocking (also spaced blue-stocking or blue stockings) is a derogatory term for an educated, intellectual woman, originally a member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society from England led by the hostess and critic Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), the “Queen of the Blues”, including Elizabeth ...
a ladies' undergarment to hold up stockings (US: garter belt) swot 1. v. to study for an exam (US cram) 2. n. (derogatory) aloof and unpopular schoolchild or student who studies to excess (US: nerd) sweets the same term for candy in US sweet FA (slang) nothing (from "Sweet Fanny Adams", alternative
Unlike their English counterparts, members of The Bluestockings generally did not wear blue socks. The Japanese word for Bluestocking , 青鞜, or Seitō , was created by Hiratsuka Raichō with the assistance of Ikuta Chōkō , by combining the Kanji "sei" for "blue" and the character "tō" for "stocking."
Getty Images The locals of Cincinnati use slang terms and phrases that have been part of the local culture for so long, nobody stops to ask why. Once they move away from home, they realize they've ...
The way this phrase has been all over New York. I’m sorry our city just creates the best slang around. 🤷🏻♀️ Anyways it means something is unique, special or stands above the rest ...
The Blue Stockings Society was an informal women's social and educational movement in England in the mid-18th century that emphasised education and mutual cooperation. It was founded in the early 1750s by Elizabeth Montagu , Elizabeth Vesey and others as a literary discussion group , a step away from traditional, non-intellectual women's ...
This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller ...
The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.