Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [ 7 ] Private Snafu is the title character of a series of military instructional films, most of which were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel , Philip D. Eastman , and Munro Leaf .
A gag name is a pseudonym intended to be humorous through its similarity to both a real name and a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar. The source of humor stems from the double meaning behind the phrase, although use of the name without prior knowledge of the joke could also be funny. Examples of the use of gag names occur in ...
List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
dura. Normally means “hard”, but in Puerto Rican slang means that someone is really good at what they do. [ 3] embustería. series of lies, something that is completely false, a "pack of lies" [ 15] ¡Fo! literally translates to "eww!" or "yuck!" it is often used as an exclamation in reaction to a bad smell.
It is derived from the Old French masculine name Josse, which derived from the Latin name Iudocus, the Latinized form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord". The name became rare after the 14th century, but was later revived as a female given name, which derived from the Middle English joise meaning "rejoice". [1] [better source needed]
The Indian name is alternatively derived from Brahmadesh ( Sanskrit: ब्रह्मादेश ), "land of Brahma ". [citation needed] A folk etymology of Myanma derives it from myan ("fast") and mar ("tough", "strong"). [citation needed] Myanmar, the present endonym: As above.
Theodore is a masculine given name. It comes from the Ancient Greek name Θεόδωρος ( Theódoros ), meaning "gift of God (s)" ( from the Ancient Greek words θεός, ( theós) "God/Gods" and δῶρον ( dṓron) "gift". [ 1] The name was borne by several figures in ancient Greece, such as Theodorus of Samos and Theodorus of Byzantium ...
Spencer is a given name of British origin, that means "steward" or "administrator". It is a shortened form of the English word dispenser, which derives from Anglo-French dispensour, from Old French dispenseor, from Latin dispensatorem, the agent noun of dispensare, meaning "to disperse, administer, and distribute (by weight)". [ 1]