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What is the origin of the expression 'I've said it once, I've said it twice, I've said it a thousand times?

What's hysteresis'? What is its origin?

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Rubie
Student • 12 months ago

HYSTERESIS is from the Greek Words 'husteros' means late, 'husterein' means behind, and 'husteresis' means shortcoming / deficiency. Hysteresis means a phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it.

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What is the meaning and the origin of 'dibs'?

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Rubie
Student • 12 months ago

Dibs came from mid 18th century denoting pebbles used in a children's game later on become dib-stones. it means the right to share or choose something.

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What is the origin of 'out back' and 'out front'?

What meaning is coined to 'gatefold'?

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Rubie
Student • 12 months ago

GATEFOLD is a method of document folding, a parallel fold creating six panels and three panels on each side of paper.

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What is the root word of 'isolate'?

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Rubie
Student • 12 months ago

ISOLATE came from the 19th Century English verb word 'isolated', meaning a person or thing that has been or become isolated.

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What is the origin of 'You're the apple of my eye'?

What is the origin of 'for all that'?

What is meant by the phrase 'grease the skids'? Where did it come from?

Where did the term 'sherpa' come from? What does it mean?

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Rubie
Student • 12 months ago

The word Sherpa derive from the Sherpa Language 'sherpa' or 'sherwa' denoting to a demographical origin of eastern Tibet. Sherpa is a Tibetan ethnic group found in mountains of Nepal, Tingri County and Himalayas.

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