Is it “P.U.” or “pew” (regarding stinky things)? [closed]
2017年5月5日 · According to this grammar blog the OED has the main listing under pew. The Oxford English Dictionary says the exclamation has been spelled many different ways since it first showed up in 1604: “pue,” “peuh,” “peugh,” “pyoo,” and “pew.”. p.u. An exclamtion denoting the presence a vile or unpleasant odor.
What does "P.U." (in reference to stinkiness) stand for?
1) It's a shortened term for puteo, which is Latin for "to stink, be redolent, or smell bad." I actually called a professor of Latin at the University of Florida to verify this one. 2) It's actually spelled "piu," but is often pronounced as "pee-yew". It's root is …
Is the term "you suck" always considered slang? [closed]
2015年6月9日 · suck 1 v by 1928 To do fellatio =EAT 2 v (also suck rope, suck eggs) by 1971 To be disgusting or extremely reprehensible; be of wretched quality; =ROT, STINK [examples omitted] So "You suck" can be used jocularly in the sense of "You stink" or vehemently in the sense of "You are reprehensible" or contemptuously in the sense of "You are willing ...
Does ‘sugarplum’ have the meaning of ‘honey’ or ‘sweetie’?
2013年9月16日 · You could even concoct your own, according to your own sentiment, that no one else has used before. e.g., "You stink like a rotten old pineapple". When you did that at the spur of the moment, would you even have considered comparing it to "You smell like a garbage can"? I would not think so.
Does Meth Make You Stink? | Bluelight.org
Feb 13, 2002. #4. Originally posted by Dr Gonzo: No. This is a myth. Amphetamines raise your body temperarure and increase your rate of metabolism causing you to sweat more than usual. It's the sweat you smell NOT the meth. My advice...shower more often. First the original poster never said it was the meth that smelled.
What is the opposite of "to stink" (v)? Is there one at all?
2012年10月20日 · The unmodified "You smell" always implies "bad". So even though you might think there's an intransitive verb to smell meaning to give off a (good / bad / neutral) aroma , that's not really true. The core meaning is negative - it's just that you can reverse it …
What is the etymology of the idiom "To stink/smell to high heaven?"
To stink to high heaven first recorded 1963. etymonline. And there are biblical references to 'smells' and 'high heaven': God directed use of incense in Old Testament worship and the fragrant or detestable aroma, as the case may be, that rose into “high heaven” or before the “nose” of God. Paul Anderson
The word "pew" (P.U., etc.) and positive or neutral connotation
2015年3月21日 · The variant spelling pew (as applied to unpleasantly odoriferous objects) may owe its popularity, in part, to the cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, the amorous French skunk, who debuted in the Warner Brothers cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" in 1945, according to Le Pew's Wikipedia article, and whose name appears in the title sequence of his second ...
Is "went out like stink, died like a pig" just an unfortunate choice of ...
2016年8月11日 · *like stink Inf. rapidly. (As fast as a smell spreads. *Typically: go ~; move ~; run ~; swim ~.) Those kids moved through the whole test like stink. Real eager-beavers. The wood chipper went through the brush like stink and turned it into a small pile in minutes. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. S.v. "like stink."
Stench, reek - any difference in connotation / denotation?
2019年7月10日 · The ideas are very close, but maybe you want to compare apples to apples. Stench is only a (mass) noun. Stink can be both noun and verb, reek is mostly just a verb but less frequently a noun. Also, 'reek' is cognate with germanic 'rauchen' for to smoke, but that's not necessarily applicable to how people use it nowadays.