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Began in the 20th century as slang: “That’s not what I like.”
(something) is not really your thing
is something you must have before doing something else.
pre-requisite
from Latin angulus (“corner”). means to “look at something in another way.”
come at something from a different angle
I grow when you divide me, shrink when you add to me, and vanish when you multiply me by myself. What am I?
a fractions
500 points
(“diligence, hard work”). Later used for factories, machines, and mass production in the 19th century.
industrialism
(“a feeling, a relation”), from afficere (“to influence, to move”). It came to mean “a warm feeling of love or care.”
(do something) out of affection for (phr)
(“not”) + percipere (“to seize, to understand”). Means “cannot be noticed or understood.”
imperceptible
Originally referred to studies that make people “more human” through culture and learning.
Humanities
(“wandering, straying”), from errare (“to wander, to make mistakes”). Means irregular, unpredictable.
erratic
Blether
Oh, aye, wir jus havin' a wee blether own the phoan like
a chat
We were just having a chat on the phone.
triple points
I am the first thing you know and the last thing you forget. Without me, you can’t speak of me. What am I?
a name
double points
From early English dialect, probably related to ______ (“to move restlessly”). Connected with “fuss” and “fit.” Always about nervous, small movements.
fidget
From Old English wiellan (“to bubble, boil, spring up”). like water rising in someone's eyes
well up
(“to burst out suddenly”). from Latin inspirare (“to breathe into”) “a sudden bright idea.”
have a flash of inspiration
“mark, tattoo, brand”). In the past, criminals or slaves were physically marked. That’s why ______ means “to mark as shameful.”
stigmatize
From Latin praedicare (“to proclaim, to say beforehand”). In grammar, a “predicate” tells something about the subject. Later, _______ came to mean “based on, resting on.”
predicated on
have keys but no locks, a space with no room, and I enter when you press me. What am I?
Keyboard
double points
comes from Latin convenire (“to come together, to agree”). To “_________” means “to stop following what people usually agree is normal.”
break with convention
From Old English sciftan (“to arrange, divide, change”). Related to German schiften. The sense of “move/change position” has been used for centuries.
shift
As a noun, “_______” started in the 19th century, meaning something that is absolutely necessary.
a must
may come from a girls’ club (_______ in Girl Scouts) where children earned points for good deeds. Now it means “extra praise for being good.”
get all the brownie points
From Old English strīcan . Over time, it also meant “to hit.” By the 1800s, “workers’ _______” meant “workers hitting back by refusing work.”
strike
(“brought forth, ready”). From promere (“to bring forward”). That’s why _______can mean “to cause something to happen quickly.”
(be) prompted by (v)
Baltic
It's pure Baltic oot there.
Extremely cold
double points
From Middle English gon . In British English, _______ means “make an attempt, try.”
have a go