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Bookmark or Share- Can someone explain the phrase "All is fair in love and war"?The second is the viewpoint that ongoing love between two people is akin to a battle that results in a dominant winner. The stereotypical gender wars are similar to this. A man and woman are in love, but a certain unease comes with the territory, and pulling one over on your spouse is fair game because, in the end, all is fair in love and war.
- Origin of "skin in the game" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThere would seem to be a direct relationship to Skin Game first referenced in 1868: There are 2 kinds of gambling in the city, one known as the square game, which is played only by gentlemen, and in first-class houses; the other, the skin game, which is played in all the dens and chambers, and in the thousand low hells of New York. In the ...
- Are "w/o", "w/", "b/c" common abbreviations in the US?Both "w/" and "w/o" were common, very informal, U.S. abbreviations in correspondence, and in tight spots on data tables, until recently.
- Origin of "deez nuts" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeWhen I was a child, some thirty plus years ago, there was a popular juvenile game where you would try to trick a friend into asking a question that could be answered with the mildly obscene reply "deez nuts!" (meaning "these testicles"). Sample: Jokester: Did you get that CD? Victim: What CD? Jokester: See deez nuts!
- quotes - Are software titles italicized? - English Language & Usage ...My understanding is that if a particular program resembles a book or a dramatic work (like a video game), its title is italicized -- otherwise, it is treated as a proper noun, just like any other product. I played Grand Theft Auto, instead of reading "Democracy in Ancient Greece" in Microsoft Encarta and preparing my presentation in PowerPoint.
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