I say educate them on the word, its meaning, and its roots. Then use it. Don't let 8-year-old-level keyword-driven knee-jerk reactions force you to elide a perfectly good word from your vocabulary. Ask your boss if he thinks there are no tables in the Notables product line. Ask him if he thinks that pistachios have piss in them and whether ...

Their first quotation meaning to renege on a betting debt is from an 1860 Racing Times: The plaintiff denied that he had ever..‘welched’ a man named Williams at Worcester in 1854. Their first quotation of noun welsher , a bookmaker who refuses to pay, is from an 1852 Racing Times :

2015年8月29日 · The word renege comes from Medieval Latin renegare (source). It is the only English word of Latin origin I'm aware of that doesn't follow the soft g pronunciation rule.

2011年5月17日 · More from the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House.In this particular scene, one character, Sergeant George, is infuriated at another character, Mr. Smallwood, his petty landlord come to turn him out of his place of business; all the while Smallwood is reneging on a past agreement between the two men.

2017年6月28日 · He is reneging on his debts. It does somewhat depends on why he is not paying his debts. Does he no longer believe debt is a valid measure in society? Is he now jobless and unable to pay debts he would like to otherwise pay? Different verbs will convey those different intents, but "reneging" should satisfy any of them.

That of female genitalia is attested as early as 1699, but it's not considered for the sense meaning "coward". The other one, which I copy below, is the purported source of pussy meaning "coward". Basically, using a pet name usually given to women, like sweetheart, princess, etc. to refer to a man mockingly.

2014年8月28日 · Without additional information, 'due by MM-DD-YYYY' has a fair chance of meaning: Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on that date - that is, before the specified day ends. Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on the previous date - that is, before the specified day begins.

The most striking thing about these detailed entries (besides the fact that Lighter traces the slang term back to 1962) is that Lighter thinks the sexual meaning of jones (namely, "penis") was "Prob. the orig. sense"—even though the first print instance that Lighter has for the term in …

There is typically a better way to say whatever is being said but it does convey a specific meaning. You should use and/or when both options are applicable in its place. "I would like cake and/or pie" means "I would like one or both of the following: cake; pie."

2016年10月26日 · I often receive e-mails which start with the sentence- 'Greetings of the day.' instead of Good morning or good afternoon. I am wondering whether it is correct to use this in formal emails and letters.