Where does the name Prom come from?
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The word "prom" was first used in the 1890s as a shortened form of "promenade," a reference to formal dances in which the guests would display their fashions and dancing skills during the evening's grand march. In the United States, it came to be believed by parents and educators that a prom, or formal dinner-dance, would be an important lesson in social skills, especially in a theoretically classless society that valued behavior over breeding. The prom was seen as a way to instill manners into children, all under the watchful eye of chaperons.
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perukemaker--used in colonial days. From a french word meaning wig
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There are billions of names in the world... so who knows where it came from. Just go with it... and smile... and nobody will notice until you have to have to say it or have them spell it.\nBetter than Miller, Smith Anderson, etc. You won't be lost in the phone book somewhere with a million other names the same. lol
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My friend thats my last name i life in Colombia, I have seen it comes from Spain in Burgos... It means something like the one who uses the -translated by computer- crossbows.You know\n------> ballestas the one who was expert in that.
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I don't recall us playing any games on prom night.  There was just talkig and dancing and everyone having a good time.\nTher were no fights or anything, just fun.
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The name "Pom" is said to derive from Australia's origins as a convict colony. Each unfortunate transported down under from Britain for his or her (mostly) petty crime was said to be a "Prisoner of Her Majesty" or POHM, later simplified to POM.  \n\nHowever, there is an alternative explanation as  Pom was around a few years before Word War II.  In fact, we first come across it in print during World War I, in 1914, as a derogatory term for an immigrant to Australia from England.  It is a quotation from D.H. Lawrence's Kangaroo in 1923 that gives us the most popularly accepted etymology of this word: "Pommy is supposed to be short for pomegranate. Pomegranate, pronounced invariably 'pommygranate', is a near enough rhyme to immigrant, in a naturally rhyming country. Furthermore, immigrants are known in their first months, before their blood ‘thins down’, by their round and ruddy cheeks. So we are told."  Slang lexicographer Eric Partridge also favors the pomegranate derivation, and he gives a slightly more detailed explanation by quoting from H.J. Rumsey's The Pommies (1920): "Colonial boys and girls, ready to find a nickname, were fond of rhyming Immigrant, Jimmy-grant, Pommegrant, and called it to the new chum children.  The name stuck and became abbreviated to pommy later on."  Partridge also believes that the word was being used as far back as the end of the 19th century.  It is often the case with slang that it is spoken for several years before it is put into writing. Anyhow, the OED is careful to note that there is no good evidence supporting the pomegranate derivation.
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"Who chose cake?"\n\nIt's exact etymology is unclear but this much is certain: the British coined the phrase. \n\n"The first documented appearance of the term is in 1943, in an small book of British military slang, although sources claim it was used in the RAF throughout World War Two, and was originally a Yorkshire dialect term in use at least since 1914."
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I graduated a few years ago but I didn't go to my Prom. If you don't think you will have a good time, there is no point in going. Why waste the money on something you don't want to do...
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"Slattery" comes from the ancient Irish word "slatra" which means "strong". (Strong in Irish today is "láidir" so there is still a connection). \n\nIt originates from Co. Clare on the west coast of Ireland. \n\nHope this helps.
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Prom is a party for students in 11th or 12th grade.  It varies with schools and only students are invited.
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It's originally Gelaye, and is from France.  It was a Huguenot name.
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Our word comes from:\nMiddle English - knif\nOld English - cnf\nOld Norse - knfr\n\nWhilst the French now use the word 'couteau', not long ago the word 'canife' was more common. Not surprising perhaps when the part of modern France called Normandie was the place of the North-men (Norse).
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are you just a guest?  then its semi formal...not too formal like prom but a little bit better than your sunday best.  if youre a girl wear a dress or a really nice skirt, if youre a guy wear slacks and a nice shirt...probably a tie as well.
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You should go to yahoo.com and type in the word"prom dress" . Then visit the sites
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The one song that stands out from my senior prom is "Open Arms" by Journey. This stands out because it was the first time I had ever seen 2 girls dance together.\n\nThey were lesbians. One had on a tux - the other a prom dress.\n\nThe graduation played the same tired old "Pump and Circumcise"
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1.Comes from Seraphina-SERAPHINA\nGender: Feminine\nUsage: English, German\nExtra Info: Related Names, Namesakes, Websites, Comments\nOptions: Contribute Information, Add to List\nFeminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each. This name was borne by saint Seraphina, a 5th-century martyr.\n2. Varient of Sarah-ARAH\nGender: Feminine\nUsage: English, French, German, Jewish, Biblical\nPronounced: SER-a   [key]\nExtra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Namesakes, Name Days, Websites, Comments\nOptions: Contribute Information, Add to List\nMeans "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew. This was the name of the wife of Abraham in the Old Testament. She became the mother of Isaac at the age of 90. Her name was originally Sarai, but God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).
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It was a reasonably common upper-class name in his day. It's derived from the Norman French nickname 'aux gernons' - having a moustache.