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Bookmark or Share- etymology - Yikes! Where did it come from? - English Language & Usage ...for yikes. The earliest citation for yikes in OED is from 1971 but Etymonline gives 1953. In fact, for this sense of yikes, the earliest citations I could find are from 1960 (from the book Where the boys are by Glendon Fred Swarthout): The earlier examples I could find are related to yike meaning: An imitation of the cry of the woodpecker. [OED]
- Is "receival" a valid word for the act of receiving something?In the course of reviewing a standard operating procedure, I came across the subheading: "Receival, Costing and Charging of Work". I immediately began to doubt whether the word "receival" was a
- capitalization - French fries or french fries? - English Language ...More references, and support. Yikes! I am about to cite Grammar Girl (a few venerable members on EL&U consider her “tips” to, erm... lack authority). Miss Mignon Fogarty writes. Although we often capitalize a country or city name when it’s part of a food name, that’s not always the case, and it’s typically not the case with french fries.
- Origin of "blimey" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeAccording to Etymonline: (It is also used in excitement.) blimey by 1889, probably a corruption of (God) blind me! First attested in a slang dictionary which defines it as "an apparently
- "Forgot" vs "Forget" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeStack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
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