- What is the short form for little ? Is it lil or lil?
The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name) Wikipedia "Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little"
- Origin of milady - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, milady emerged in 1778 that partially came from French: Partly < French milady , title used when addressing or speaking of an English lady of high rank (1727 in Voltaire; 1754 as milédi ) < English my lady (see lady n 3a), and partly representing a colloquial pronunciation of my lady (see above)
- expressions - Usage of the more you squeeze, the more sand disappears . . .
Governor Tarkin: Princess Leia, before your execution, I'd like you to join me for a ceremony that will make this battle station operational No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now Princess Leia: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers (from *Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope*)
- What is the name of this type of word: Mr. , Ms. , Dr. ?
@Marcin: Perhaps I am I know that there are times when "Mister" is either a portion of a style or a complete style, but in that case it is associated with some position (e g certain clergy positions, or some official government positions in the United states such as "Mr President", "Madam Speaker", etc), while the generic honorific we tend to say during conversation to anyone would not thus
- Can someone explain the phrase All is fair in love and war?
So, then, on Earth today, we have the hypocrisy of people who say that there are things that are "not fair" in war, but who routinely engage in them opportunistically anyways This reminds me of The Princess Bride "So I'll put down my sword, and you'll put down your rock, and we'll try to kill each other like civilized men?" –
- grammaticality - How can I explain to people that the phrase “off of . . .
I don't know how you can explain to people in general that it's grammatically incorrect, but here is one idea: when you go to a James Brown tribute concert and the singer says "Get up offa that thing" what you could do is to trounce the security guards, climb on to the stage, pounce onto the singer, grab the microphone and say "In fact you should be saying not 'get up offa that thing' but 'get
- Are capital letters used for terms of endearment like Honey and . . .
I agree with this Capitalization is really a style issue, so it will vary by publisher However, terms of endearment are practically a requirement of the romance genre: sweetheart, darling, beloved, dushka moya, mi corazon, agape mou, habibti, etc (also some made-up alien terms); they are, in my experience, almost never capitalized by these publishers
- What do you call a woman whos feeling emotional?
princess sweetheart buttercup pumpkin cupcake darling This is one of the rules to be found in the Handbook for the Married Man, the invaluable standard work that is traditionally only handed to men after they get married
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