
etymology - What is the origin of the term ‘blue movie’? - English ...
Apr 10, 2023 · 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 sense …
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, 6 months ago Modified 11 years, 6 months ago
Was "man" a gender-neutral word in common usage at some point?
Jan 14, 2020 · 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 …
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 …
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 …
U盘拷贝的Steam游戏,如何让Steam检测识别到? - 知乎
你会发现这上面有你下载过的游戏的文件夹 2. 选择一款游戏,直接复制整个文件夹,复制到U盘里面 3. 为了让steam能够识别,还需要复制一个文件,返回到上一级, …
possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher ...
Sep 6, 2019 · 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 …
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children
Dec 21, 2012 · 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 …
Specific word for "grown-up children"? [duplicate]
Mar 5, 2014 · 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?
What do you call a child for whom you act as a guardian / …
Sep 19, 2016 · 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 …