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Bookmark or Share- Did the slang term "The Bomb" meaning "Very Cool" come from the ...Searching Google for the history of the slang term "the bomb" (as in "That song is the bomb") yields a number of results in 40s/50s jazz glossaries, but they tend to at best give an artificial exam...
- What is the origin of "go suck an egg"? - English Language & Usage ..."Go suck an egg" is a saying typically used similarly to "take a hike" or "piss off": Hey, you going to help me with this or what? Go suck an egg. An few Ngram searc...
- "Hot Diggity ..." - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThe phrase "hot diggity dog!" dates to at least 1928, when Al Jolson was recorded saying "Hot diggity dog! Hot kitty! Hot pussycat! Didn't I tell you you'd love it?" after a performance of the tune "There's A Rainbow Around My Shoulder". There was also a song from 1956 called "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" (same article).
- Is Dr. the same as Doctor? Or how to distinguish these two?First of all, English is my foreign language. I've never thought of this until the release of the film Dr. Strange the supreme sorcerer. My co-worker argued that Dr. means Doctor (as a job), while I
- idioms - Please teach me how to use ‘hot diggity’, and the meaning of ...One is hot diggity, the other is corkscrew twists. Then I have the following two questions: I found the definition of hot diggity as an interjection expressing extra excitement or anticipation, and it came from the title of an American popular song written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning in Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary.
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