Where does the word zipper come from?
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because of its buzzing sound when opened
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Do you mean Denim?\n\nIf so, Denim is a type of cotton that comes from the French town of Nimes in the 17th century.  Hence the name `denim` is a rough translation of `de nimes` meaning from Nimes.  \n\nHope this helps!
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JARHEAD\nRegarding the term Jarhead, all are well aware of the explanations for the origins for this name for Marines--that it found its origins in the high, dress blues, collar of the Marine uniform, that it refers to the similarity to a Mason jar, the "high and tight" haircut of Marines, and that the term was first used for Marines by members of the U.S. Navy, etc.
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A cravat is the neckband that was the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie. From the end of the 16th century, the term "band" applied to any long strip of cloth worn round the neck that was not a "ruff". The ruff itself had started its career in the earlier 16th century as a starched and pleated strip of white linen that could be freshly changed to keep the neck of a doublet from getting increasingly grimy, or for use as a bib or napkin. A "band" could indicate a plain, attached shirt collar or a detached "falling band" that draped over the doublet collar.\n\nNecktie fashions have changed over time. This 1818 pamphlet depicts various styles of tying a cravat.The modern form of the cravat originated in the 1630s. Like most male fashions between the 17th century and World War I, it had a military origin. During the reign of Louis XIII of France, Croatian mercenaries enlisted in a regiment that supported the King and Richelieu against the Duc de Guise and the Queen Mother, Marie de Medici. The traditional outfit of these Croats aroused curiosity in Paris on account of the unusual and picturesque scarves distinctively tied about their necks. The scarves were made of various cloths, ranging from coarse material for common soldiers, to fine linen and silk for officers. The word "cravat" comes from the French cravate, and many sources state that this is a corruption of "Croat" — Croatian "Hrvat". However there is evidence that the word was in use in France in the 14th century and in Italy in 16th century. In one of his ballads, the French writer Eustache Deschamps (c. 1340–1407), used the phrase "faites restraindre sa cravate" (pull his cravat tighter). Considering the interdependency of many European regions (particularly the French) with the Venetian Empire, and the fact that this empire at one time occupied the bulk of the Croatian coast, that type of cross-culturalization would not be unprecedented. Whatever the origin of the word the new form of dress became known as a cravate and the French were quite ready to give up the starched linen ruffs that they had been wearing and adopt the new fashion of loose cravates made of linen or muslin with broad edges of lace.\n\nOn his return to England from exile in 1660, Charles II brought with him this new word in fashion:\n\n"A cravatte is another kind of adornment for the neck being nothing else but a long towel put about the Collar, and so tyed before with a Bow Knott; this is the original of all such Wearings; but now by the Art and Inventions of the seamsters, there is so many new ways of making them, that it would be a task to name, much more to describe them". (Randle Holme, Academy of Armory and Blazon, 1688.) \nA gentleman's cravat would be made of fine lace. Grinling Gibbons the famous carver and sculptor, made a highly realistic one, carved out of a piece of white limewood.\n\nDuring the wars of Louis XIV of 1689–1697, the flowing cravat was replaced, except for court occasions, by the more current and equally military Steinkirk, named for the Battle of Flanders of 1692. The Steinkirk was a long narrow, plain or lightly trimmed neckcloth worn with military dress, wrapped just once about the neck in a loose knot, with a lace of fringed ends that were twisted together and tucked out of the way into the button-hole (of either a coat or a waistcoat) The steinkirk proved to be popular with both men and women until the 1720s.\n\nThe macaronis reintroduced the flowing cravat in the 1770s and the manner of tying one became a matter of personal taste and style, to the extent that after Waterloo, the neckwear itself was increasingly referred to as a "tie".
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If you mean the origin of the "word" it means \n0(zero) Killed. It was used during the war and it was also symbolized with a thumb up.\nI've also heard that it comes from old English and O.K. were the initials for All Correct wich were suposed to be spelled Oll "Korrect" (O.K.). But the first choice is probably the korrect one.
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Nobody actually knows where that phrase comes from.  There is an urban legend about where it came from that can be found here: http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.htm
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fanny. In the USA it means youur bottom, or buttocks. In the down under, ,it's slang for something else....
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The origin of the word (to answer your question) is from the French "corde du roi" which translates to the king's cord, or king's rope.\n\nIt is believed that anyone caught wearing courderoy's would be hung by the king's fashion police, using (of course) the king's rope.  8^)
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It has its origin in the Latin phrase "inter alia", meaning "among other things". Another form is: "inter alios", meaning "among others" (often used to compress lists of parties to legal documents).
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Its the name of the company that makes the zippers.\n\nFrom the clothing you wear, the furniture you own, the car you drive, the luggage you carry, and the sports equipment you use, and more, YKK zippers are there.\n\nIn 1960, YKK first entered the United States zipper market as a small sales and assembly operation. Originating in New York's garment district to be near our customers, YKK (U.S.A.) Inc. is now this country's number one supplier of zippers. In Macon, Georgia, in state-of-the-art plants we produce millions of YKK zippers per day in thousands of styles and colors. Does it really take so many plants to make a zipper? Yes, if it's a YKK zipper. Our unique manufacturing process is vertically integrated. Starting with the Brass Wire Plant, where our own brass is produced from high grade copper and zinc in a ratio perfect for zippers, we make zipper teeth (elements) and sliders.\n\nIf you need them, YKK also produces attaching machines. And, we partner with customers to ensure you're getting genuine YKK zippers
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It is used now in many places. In songs and everywhere. I think that this line came from a "tall dark handsome stranger".\n"tall dark handsome stranger" came from language\nlanguage came from man\nman came from God\nSo ultimately God made this line = "tall dark handsome stranger".
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It came from Tarzan movies and TV shows...that's where your dad more than likely got it from.  As to whether it's a real word, I cannot say, but if it is, I'd guess Swahili
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Directly connected. The original fabric was made in the Kashmiri region and was adopted around the world by fashionistas. Look in the dictionary and it should tell you.
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You may have read the gossip sweeping the Internet on the origin of the word picnic. Some claim that picnic is derived from lynching parties of blacks. This is incorrect.\n\nInstead, the origin on the word picnic is French (piquenique) and was invented long before the atrocities towards blacks took place in America. This French word - piquenique - signifies an outing with food - similar to the word's meaning in English. At these piqueniques, the attendees would all bring food to the occasion, similar to what we call potlucks today. The outdoor concept of a picnic did not originate until the 19th century.\n\nSo, how did this word originate? We are unsure what the word pique actually means. There are two options: leisurely eating (picking) or a delicacy of food. Nique was selected since it rhymed with Pique.\n\nHistorians have found this French word in references outside of the French language as early as 1748 and into English by around 1800.
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Elias Howe, who invented the sewing machine received a patent in 1851 for an 'Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure.' Perhaps it was the success of the sewing machine, which caused Elias not to pursue marketing his clothing closure. As a result, Howe missed his chance to become the recognized 'Father of the Zip.' \n\nForty-four years later, Mr. Whitcomb Judson (who also invented the 'Pneumatic Street Railway') marketed a 'Clasp Locker' a device similar to the 1851 Howe patent. Being first to market gave Whitcomb the credit of being the 'Inventor of the Zipper', However, his 1893 patent did not use the word zipper. The Chicago inventor's 'Clasp Locker' was a complicated hook-and-eye shoe fastener. Together with businessman Colonel Lewis Walker, Whitcomb launched the Universal Fastener Company to manufacture the new device. The clasp locker had its public debut at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and met with little commercial success.
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The word "cloth" did not derive from Greek, Rather, according to the online dictionary I use (Merriam-Webster) the word  is derived from Old English clAth cloth, garment; akin to Middle High  and from German  (kleit garment).
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According to the English, it is derived from a place name indicating that they came from a place near the woods, or perhaps a grove of trees. My guess is that it is of Scandinavian origin and can be found all over Northern Europe.