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Bookmark or Share- Is there a slang word or idiom for someone who borrows money from ...Despite my numeric lead, I'm inclined to agree that welching is a slightly better word than mooching. Mooching might be money, but more likely means begging half your lunch sandwich or a beer from your fridge.
- Where did the term "Your Obedient Servant" originate?Conclusion. Today, "Your obedient servant" may sound extravagant and highly ornamental; but in the second half of the eighteenth century, when it first became popular, it must have sounded almost brusque, arriving as it did after many decades of truly elaborate declarations of loyal and grateful servitude.
- A word for a favor/debt that cannot be repaidThis collocation seems to be have been well established already some 250 years ago: "Do so," said De Gondomar, "and I shall be forever indebted to you.." The Tatler; or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq - Vol. 1 - page 139 –
- "Much obliged" — Old-fashioned? Polite? Pedantic?Obligation means indebtedness, so to use it in the phrase "much obliged" is to say "I am indebted to you". I would say it is polite, but no more so than a prim "Thank you". It can also be considered old-fashioned; it originated some time in the late 1500s and became popular in the 1600s. It's used much less today.
- Why does "I am in your debt" mean the opposite of what it suggests?For example, if you tell Tom, “I am in your debt”, you are saying that you owe a debt to Tom / are in debt to Tom / are indebted to Tom. As another example, a grateful but penurious person might say (to the person they owe something to, or are indebted to) I am forever in your debt, and can never repay you.
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