What does "coll" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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Mrs and Mmes: plurals of Mrs (missus /ˈmɪsəz/) [duplicate]
Oct 14, 2025 · Mrs /ˈmɪsəz/ (pl Mrs, Mesdames) A title used before the name(s) of a married woman Collins Concise English Dictionary Mrs. was originally, like Miss, an abbreviation of …
Where does the phrase "cool your jets" come from?
Jul 2, 2013 · The OED says the phrase "cool your jets", meaning to calm down or become less agitated, is originally US and the first quoted in a newspaper: 1973 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin …
'Calm, cool and collective' vs 'calm, cool and collected'
What is the difference between calm, cool and collective and calm, cool and collected? What is the meaning of collective or collected when used in this way? I checked the dictionary but still …
conjunctions - "All but" idiom has two meanings? - English …
Technically, you're dealing with two different phrases. Which one is correct depends on your usage of them, and in your two examples, both are equally correct. When you insert a noun in …
"Call on" or "call at" or something else? Which is appropriate?
Which one of following sentence is correct? You can call me on my cell. You can call me at my cell. Or is there some other preposition? Or both are right?
word choice - What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly ...
May 20, 2016 · I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because choosing names for things in programming is explicitly off-charter for ELU.
Origin of current slang usage of the word 'sick' to mean 'great'?
I think the pattern is related, though I'm unable to substantiate that. Still, I've observed it enough: some adjective is used informally to mean something different than it typically means (maybe …
etymology - What is the origin of "cool beans"? - English …
May 11, 2019 · I've read it a few times and assumed it was some sort of Beatnik expression. "Cool", of course, is a well-known Beatnik term, but what is meant by "beans" in this context is …
What is the origin of "giving [it] the old college try"?
What is the origin of giving [it] the old college try? In particular, is it referencing an old ritual that might have percolated amongst alumni of the old and prestigious New England colleges/