What does the word "Mufty" mean?? And where does it come from?
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I think it still is used for the same thing in some regions today.\nThe word Mufti is an Arabic word and borrowed into the English language by British soldiers in India.\n\nThe word Mufti is a muslim legal official who interprets Shariah law, when the English soldiers preparing for sleep in India dressed in slippers, cap and night-robe they appeared to be dressed the same way a muslim Mufti was, hence the word was borrowed into English.\n\nThe Mufti issues legal judgements in Shariah law called fatwas.\n\nInitially the English usage of mufti meant a soldier not in uniform, but today it means any non-uniform dress or any non standard dress such as wearing jeans and a t-shirt in an office where business dress standards are the norm.
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It is an idiom intended to mean "be careful, pay attention to detail"  it has morphed, in recent times, to mean many other things including "be polite".\n\nThere are several theories about it's origin, but the one I believe makes the most sense is - mind your Pints and Quarts.  Meaning to keep track of what you order in a pup so you are not over charged.
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There are many American slang words. They can vary in meaning depending on region. Try this site:\nhttp://www.manythings.org/slang/\nAlso, try http://www.urbandictionary.com/ though be warned that it's unfiltered, so a lot of it is rather unclean.
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The word "Shysty" is a contemporary slang term derived from the word "Shyster," which means "untrustworthy lawyer." So "shysty" today is used to mean "sly, shady, sneaky, untrustworthy person."\n\nHope this helps!
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Different words mean different things. The other word is "pussy":\nPussy as a slang term for the female pudenda is thought to derive ultimately from Low German puse "vulva" or Old Norse puss "pocket, pouch".  It didn't arise in English with a sexual meaning until the 19th century, but prior to that it had been used to refer to women in general (16th century).  It has since also come to mean "effeminate, feeble, or homosexual men or boys" (20th century).
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Do you mean "gobsmacked"?  Gobsmacked is British and Scottish slang for "astonished"  or "astounded".  It means more than just being surprised.  It's means something that leaves you speechless, or  stops you dead in your tracks.  The word "gob" means "mouth" and "smacked" means just what you think it does.   Thus, it's something as surprising as being suddenly hit in the face.
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The origin of the word f**k is lost in the sands of time, I'm afraid, but most of the apocryphal stories about it (that it's an acronym for "fornication under consent of the King", or "for unlawful carnal knowledge" for instance) don't even seem to have a shred of truth.\n\nIn all likelihood, the word is descended from the German word "ficken", which means "to strike, or club".  When the Saxons invaded England and their language merged with the natives and became entwined in middle English, the word became "fucken" (no, I'm not kidding).\n\nSo, considering what a good, hard f**k is actually like (sorry to be crude, but think about any time you've seen a guy going hog wild in the sack and you'll get the point), you can see where people would pick up using the word as slang for the act, especially considering what an erect penis looks like... and from there it became the ever so infamous "f-word".\n\n=)
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It is a slang term. Did a little research on it, and really cannot seem to find the origin of the word at all.\n\nplural noun hoot·ers  \n \nDefinition: \n  \noffensive term: an offensive term for a woman's breasts, especially when large ( slang )
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Consult AskOxford.com… and take your pick of meaning and origin!
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"HAM. Actors prefer to think that the word derives from the old theatrical use of ham fat to remove blackface makeup - actors were thus called hamfatters, or hams. Many scholars lean to this theory, but 'ham' in the sense of an amateur actor or a 10th rate actor who outrageously overplays his scenes has enough folk etymologies to make a one-act play. Since none really seems capable of absolute proof, I'll simply list three: 1) Ham derives from the Cockney slang 'hamateur,' for 'amateur actor.' (Unlikely, as the term 'ham' in this sense is American from about 1880.) 2) The word structure of 'amateur' itself suggested 'ham.' (A good possibility, but why did it wait so long to suggest itself?) 3) It comes from the role of 'Hamlet,' which actors frequently misperformed. (Another good possibility, but, if so, 'ham' should have been with us since Shakespeare's time.) 'Ham' for one of the rear quarters of a hog, or its meat, derives from Old English 'hamm' for the bend of the knee."
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1838, Amer.Eng., "some kind iof alcoholic drink," of unknown origin. \n\nOne of that class of words (e.g. dingus, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingumabob) which are conjured up to supply names for items whose proper names are unknown or not recollected. \n\nUsed at various periods for "money," "a professional tramp," "a muffin," "a typographical ornament," "male genitalia," "a Chinese," "an Italian," "a woman who is neither your sister nor your mother," and "a foolish person in authority." \n\nPopularized in sense of "foolish person" by TV show "All in the Family" (1971), though this usage dates from 1905.
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Did you mean surname Hucks? I found one website that gives a good description of the origin, but I was unable to copy/paste it. The link is below :-)
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No one knows where it really comes from.  Many people have hypotheses, but nothing definitive & irrefutable.  I have heard it myself & don't care to ever again.  It was creepy.
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It is of Spanish origin, and its meaning is "courteous." May also mean "court-dweller."
855341
It means stay out of my life. Can't remember the origin, probably the 80's.
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It is Cockney 'Back slang' for boy.   This slang was also known as Butcher's Slang and I can confess that it took me nearly 40 years to find out how it originated.   You see the Butcher used to write his different meats and prices on the shop window with white wash.  It might show 'Rib of Beef  £2 per lb'.  If a shopper asked for a Rib of Beef, the butcher would look at the window from the inside and see the writing in reverse.  He would call out to his assistant 'Feeb fo bir' and so on.  The reverse slang continued to gain in order that especially young people could talk about things that the older generation would not understand.  If you asked for the price of something and it was Four pounds, the shopkeeper would say 'a rouf'.   Incidentally, one of the most interesting back slang phrases comes from the US.  It was a New York Irish emigrant family called the Muldoons.  When they did a burglary they would reverse their name in back slang and write it on the walls or windows. Noodlum.   This soon became Hoodlums with criminals becoming known as Hoods.  Sorry for going on but I could not Pots..........................
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1) the use of "nuts" as "crazy"\n\nThis use is first attested 1846, from earlier be nuts upon (a person) "be very fond of" or "delighted with" (1785), which is possibly from nuts, meaning "any source of pleasure" (1617).\nSimilarly being "nutty" could be used with the meaning "amorous, fond, enthusiastic, usually const. 'upon' a person" (1821)\n\nThis use of "nuts" and "nutty" is probably basefd on the more literal sense of "nutty" as "pleasant, rich, full of zest or flavor"\n\nFrom here to the sense of "nuts" or "nutty" as insane, consider how in the more modern expression "be nuts about" (infatuated) may mentally at least a bit off (compare "I'm crazy about/for you")\n\nHistorically, this meaning may also have been influenced by metaphoric application of nut to "head"  [because of its hardness?](1846), and the expressionbe off one's nut meaning "be insane" (1860). \n\nhttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=n&p=9\nOxford English Dictionary, s.v., "nut", "nutty"\n\n2) As for expressions like "DRIVE one nuts/crazy/wild" or "drive one to drink",   this is simply a slightly extended use of "drive" in the sense of "propel, force"\n\nDrive (verb)\n1. To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward\n. . ..\n**7. To force into or from a particular act or state,  e.g., "Indecision drives me crazy."\n\nhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=drive