
Origin of the slang "L7" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2020年11月5日 · A square.. hence shape of L7 {} the origin is that the two adjacent characters L7 looks kind of like a square. It doesn't look very square when the riser of 7 is on an angle (as in most modern computer fonts), but if you write it vertically it's pretty close.
Is the origin of L7 hand-symbols or typographic?
2020年11月7日 · Regarding L7, the earliest reference I know of is. 1964. in the song Wooly Bully. Does anyone have any firm actual references on whether "1" or "2" is the origin? or indeed an earlier reference? Please note that there are any number of online mentions of BOTH explanations. For example on the "wikipedia" page, some person has typed that L7 is a ...
What is a wheenydom? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年10月17日 · Weenie is a commonly used slang term with one meaning of (according to Wiktionary) someone considered weak and unimportant, and -dom is a suffix meaning state or condition (-dom can also mean domain, but that seems less appropriate to the context).
What the definition for "Itsy Bitsy" term? [closed]
@JohnLawler, Yes, I was well aware of all those facts before I posted the three links to wikipedia articles, and in fact knew that the pre-1960 covers of Itsy Bitsy Spider could not be covers of 1960 copyrighted popular song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow …
The origin of slang GOAT (in a field) for the "greatest of all time"
2022年9月22日 · Lately, I have seen GOAT being used for people. Like: Lionel Messi is called the GOAT. Muhammad Ali boxed his way into our hearts and will forever be known as GOAT.
Origin of current slang usage of the word 'sick' to mean 'great'?
This question ought to be reopened, because the current answers are basically wrong. Whether or not other usage in youth culture pre-dates it, sick became slang for pretty much the opposite of what it traditionally means in the late '90s in South London, with predominantly black kids into the 'grime' music scene, which in turn spawned the 'dubstep' music scene.