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With respect to golfing... That one is special considering that "golf" can be used as a verb meaning "play golf" and with that being said, golfing would then be a noun for playing golf as running is to run. Unlike other sports, except in slang (I'm gonna go ball, Mom. Don't wait for me), we don't use their names to refer to playing the sport. So... More @Wikipedia
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- "Going to go" vs "going to" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeWith respect to golfing... That one is special considering that "golf" can be used as a verb meaning "play golf" and with that being said, golfing would then be a noun for playing golf as running is to run. Unlike other sports, except in slang (I'm gonna go ball, Mom. Don't wait for me), we don't use their names to refer to playing the sport. So...
- american english - "call the race" in the election - English Language ...What is the meaning of call in call the race? I know that call the race roughly means announcing the winner, right? I found this term appears frequently in the many artiles about the US presidential
- Why am I "happy as Larry"? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeFirst printed reference that I can find to the phrase in the National Library of Australia TROVE database is a letter to the editor of the [Wollongong, New South Wales] Illawarra Mercury and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser (November 23, 1857), under the title "The Murray Land Bill, No. 2".
- Which is the correct spelling of mom/mum in the UK?According to Ngram, Mom/mom is the more common spelling in AmE, while Mum/mum is more common in BrE: Mom : 1867, American English, perhaps a shortening of mommy; also see mamma. Adjectival phrase mom and pop dates from 1951. Mum: pet word for "mother," 1823, short for mummy (see mamma). In British sociology, used from 1957 in reference to "the ...
- A possibly modern derogatory term for housewifeSoccer mom is a common derogatory term in the US, and seems to be a popular entry in Urban Dictionary: people who have no real purpose in life other than to pick up there children from school, take them to an after school program, (Karate,Soccer,Baseball, Football)and to be the trophy wife of a husband that hardly spends time with his kids.
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