How did it originate?  And what does it actually mean??
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To wax lyrical means to talk about something with a lot of interest and excitement.\n\nOne can wax poetic, lyrical, eloquent, philosophical, etc. It's all pretty much the same thing. But finding the origins of this phrase is a bit tricky.\n\nOne sense of wax (as an intransitive verb) is to pass into a mood or state.\n\nIn this sense one could understand the phrase wax poetic (or sarcastic, or whatever) and this would certainly lead one to doubt whether this phrase is an idiom (as I had been thinking) because it can be taken literally.\n\nThe Canadian Oxford Dictionary suggests that wax (in this sense) has a Germanic origin: wachsen (to grow). The interesting thing about this relationship is that wachsen never has an attribute, i.e. neither wax poetic nor grow old translate.\n\nThe Encarta online dictionary's suggestion is that this sense of wax is from Old English weaxan, and ultimately from an Indo-European base meaning “to increase,” which is also the ancestor of English "augment" and "eke."\n\nThe American Heritage Dictionary agrees, adding that this word is an offshoot of the Indo-European Language family's root fragment "aug", from whence we get words like augment, inaugurate, auxilliary, august, and auction.
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maybe it got coined from how wrenching it feels when one discovers they were irrefutably wrong.\n\nsorry, typo
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I think it derives from a certain language called "tamil" \nand it's like from India or a similar country I'm not \nentirely convinced and sorry couldn't find what it means
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How *do* you get it or how *did* you get it...\nSorry, no idea either way!  :D
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This is a cumbersome sentence. Not hard, but just very awkwardly written. Let's analyze it methodically:\n\nThe verb here is "originated", and the simple subject is "interest". So some interest originated - who is interested in what, and where did it originate from? That's what the rest of the sentence expresses.\n\n"EU" (European Union) and "in biofuels" (fuels from biologial products) modify interest, so it implies that the EU is interested in biofuels.\n\n"from agriculture" - agriculture is the business of farming.\n\nIn other words, "The European Union mainly got interested in biofuels because of the farming industry."
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The meaning behind it is the context in which it is used. Black people say it with an "a" at the end. Basically claiming that it is something they turned into a term of endearment within the black community. \nThe n word does not mean that a black person was going to be raped, killed, or anything else. It means ignorant. Look it up in the dictionary. \nPersonally, I don't think anyone should say it, regardless to what color they are or what context they use it in.
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The origin of the word Geronimo comes from a famous Native American Chief (Geronimo) who went on a killing spree,and wound up being held in prison,before he was exacted: Exactly what people mean when they yell Geronimo,I don't know: But that is the origin of the word:
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Obviously a different form of Love. It is kind of odd for people to say that. I've never heard this myself, I would have to say it's very strange. Next time you hear somone say that, ask them what it means. LUCK TO YOU!
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It is of Spanish origin, and its meaning is "courteous." May also mean "court-dweller."
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It was a Hitler salute.  Kind of ironic to find this Q.  I just received my grandfathers prisoner ring from his time during his stay as a prisoner of war in a German concentration camp.  I'm sure it actually has a literal meaning in German but I really hate to hit a wiki-website for the answer.
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"Wragtig" (actually "wragtag") originates from "waaragtig" which means "truly" or "really". ("Waar" = "true".)\n\n"Hy is wragtag hier!" translates to: "He is really here!" - in an expression of surprize.\n\n"Wragtag" has the feeling of a slightly crude word. It is normally used to express surprize, in a strong way.
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Hardly, it's slang. And if you need to really need to know, I won't go into details here. Look it up in the following link.
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DUH... i think u really can tell this one for urself. no offense there! anyways, it means "malaysians can do it!"\ni think it is a really popular slogan because there was a song, something on how we can do anything if we think we can! so that's my theory on how it started.. by the way, we had to put malaysia (the country) instead of malaysian (the ppl in the country) because in our language it would be "orang-orang malaysia boleh!" or something like that. hahahah! i hope this helps! have fun watching the commenwealth!
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It's an onomatopeic expression used humorously to denote someone grumbling and ranting, and quite often to replace a bout of swearing with something more socially acceptable. It's quite old-fashioned, not really used anymore...
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It means a quotation or saying
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They have an "About" page that explains what it's all about. However, I had to read it more than once, and STILL am not 100% able to explain it. It looks very "busy" and confusing. *chuckle* But I'd advise giving the page a try. The link is below.
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It is Not a race.  It was a made up word from the 1970's.  Specifically by a Mexican-American Professor at Berkley.  Much like many of the phrase's "invented by the Politically correct","I wonder what ever happened to Donna Shalayla?"  It also has a great deal in common with words invented by Politically Correct movements in the Late 1930's and early 1940.  As well as the Late Victorian early Edwardian. Gentille Speak.  Popular with the Pompous around the turn of the 19th and 20th century.