
etymology - What is the origin of the term ‘blue movie’? - English ...
2023年4月10日 · Conclusions Treating all of G.L. Morrill's forays into the cinema of Marseilles as a single episode, we still have three instances in U.S. English of "blue movie" in the broad …
Was "man" a gender-neutral word in common usage at some point?
2020年1月14日 · Etymonline comments: Specific sense of "adult male of the human race" (distinguished from a woman or boy) is by late Old English (c. 1000); implying that "man" was …
expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be …
If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered "kid"napping? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 11 years, 5 months ago Modified 11 years, 5 months ago
abbreviations - What do CI, CIM, CID, CIB mean? - English …
I was talking to a friend about a girl, and he mentioned that “She can pretty much CI anything, CIB, CIM or CID.” I’m wondering what these mean. The context was sexual experience. Sorry …
possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher ...
2019年9月6日 · Distinguish your audience in a prepositional phrase. "I am an English teacher for adult learners" or "I am an English teacher for adults." If it is important you say teacher, this …
访问网站时你需要请求使用此站点 只需发送到家庭中的成年人怎么 …
我这个“儿童”状态,能变成“成人”状态吗? 据我所知,你需要登录 Microsoft 账户网站,选择“编辑你的个人信息”,然后选择正确的出生日期。 我有账号,有密码,但我压根无法登录到 …
Specific word for "grown-up children"? [duplicate]
2014年3月5日 · Is there a specific word for adult offspring? If all of your "children" are now in their adulthood, is there a specific word to refer to them?
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children
2012年12月21日 · Is it normal to refer to adult-age sons and daughters of someone as children? A native speaker of Arabic learning English has said that in Arabic, the word for sons and …
What is the word for an adult who is not mature?
2014年5月11日 · What term can be used for an adult, especially a man, who is in his forties and still behaves like a teenager, shunning responsibilities typical of mature people, preferring to …
What do you call a child for whom you act as a guardian / …
2016年9月19日 · What is the term for this, if there is such a term? For example, if you're a parent, you refer to your offspring as a 'child' and the child refers to you as their 'parent'. I am asking …