Feb 3, 2016 · Evidently, "snipped" has had more that a century to emerge as a short form of the phrase "said snippily." Something similar seems to have happened with such verbs as crabbed, grumped, …

Mar 26, 2013 · You are looking for sniped being helped by an auxiliary be verb. Do not confused with snipped, which is the past participle of snip. Example: He was sniped by an unknown combatant. …

Jul 11, 2013 · This expression is commonly used in the southern United States from Oklahoma to Virginia, and is patently illogical, and yet fails to inspire any consternation or lack of semantic …

Aug 12, 2020 · In our family it’s used in a derogatory way to emphasise the insignificance of someone regardless of their age but they’re inevitably male. It’s always prefaced with little, ie, years ago from a …

Apr 5, 2016 · Quality answers should include some example from a reputable source. You can use dictionaries, Google Ngrams, or short examples snipped from books. Please cite your sources. Many …

May 7, 2011 · The point of "making a silk purse out of a sow's ear" is that only rich people had silk purses. Poor people would be much more likely to make a serviceable but inelegant purse from a …

Sep 17, 2014 · An appreciable amount of publicity has been accorded to the fact that the period between June 5 and 12 was declutter week, in which a well-organised effort was [rest snipped off]

Jul 3, 2018 · Sometimes in articles in newspapers / magazines / websites there will be a small section separate from the main body of text that contains a short line - often a quote - which is either …

Dec 30, 2017 · Given that creating a vinyl record starts with a mastering lathe physically cutting grooves in a lacquer master; the creation of phonograph records (1877) predates the use of tape (1950's) to …

Apparently the word "nightmare" has only been used in the sense of "bad dream" since c. 1829. Before then the term referred to the agent causing the dreams—a mare < mera, mære 'goblin, in...