Here the noun seems to be "Bologna sausage," with Bologna performing much the same role as Brussels in "Brussels sprouts." The word bologna spelled with a lowercase b and standing …

Oct 22, 2014 · 1894, variant of bologna sausage (q.v.). As slang for "nonsense," 1922, American English (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith; in this sense sometimes said to have …

Sep 9, 2012 · @dwjohnston Regardless of the validity of being "friend-zoned" (personally, I think the concept is bologna and misogynistic), the term is part of the vernacular and has an …

Dec 28, 2013 · I (British) have only ever heard the "quick-sottic" pronunciation and never the other. I have associated this with the fact that up to forty or fifty years ago, everybody who …

Unlawful and lawful are good, stout Anglo-Saxon words that tend to be of the law-- that is, they are used in statute -- while illegal and legal are fine, robust Latinate words that have …

Jun 8, 2022 · Under the hat, which had a kind of Sunday Maryleabonne cock to it, there bulged out a might White Periwig of fleecy curls, for all the world like the coat of a Bologna Poodle …

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