2021年9月18日 · A nom de plume is when a pretentious author publishes under a different name. Generally a pseudonym has the intention of concealing who the real person is. With a pen name or nom de plume it may be for purposes other than concealment.

2023年7月13日 · (I mention the point about not italicizing because e.g. is an abbreviation for a Latin phrase, and foreign language words and phrases are sometimes italicized. However, when they are very common—e.g., "nom de plume"—you don't italicized. Such is the case with e.g. and it's cousin, i.e. According to Wiktionary:

2016年5月22日 · I usually use out-of-quotes for phrases. For an extreme version of punctuation within quotes, see this 1915 statistics paper which mentions a pseudonym-using writer called "Student" with quotation marks as part of his nom de plume. Examples in the text include "Student's", "Student,", "Student." and even "Student†". –

2022年10月31日 · How do you show a foreign term followed by its translation? Is the foreign term placed in quotation marks with its translation italicized or the other way around? Style guides favor but don't always

“Om Nom” was the first derivation to appear on Urban Dictionary, with the earliest entry dated December 19th, 2004. This entry defines the word as: This entry defines the word as: An onomatopoeical adjective based on the sound emitted when something is “oh so tasty” (either through hunger or flavorological value) that one gnaws through ...

2011年8月18日 · The word crazy is a later addition. Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now.

2025年1月22日 · Words like "want" and "desire" imply a certain kind of feeling, but they're often understood to also imply some degree of willingness or even intent to act upon such feelings. For

2011年7月7日 · De gustibus non est disputandum. Meaning literally regarding taste, there is no dispute. The phrase seems to be of medieval origin. The origin is accepted as Scholastic writings because of the grammar, which is atypical. A more faithful Latin rendering of the phrase might be: De gustatibus non disputandum.

A theory as to the possible origin: It may be that some prize fighter adopted "The Bomb" (or perhaps "Da Bomb") as his nom de fist and the term was lifted from there to apply to powerful personalities in music. –

2018年9月14日 · : Adam de Smithewyk 1327 SRSx; Roger de Smythewyk 1332 SRSx. From Smethwick (Ches), or from a lost Smithwick in Southover (Sussex), last recorded c1608 (PN Sx 323). Smithyman: v. SMITHERMAN. On the general topic of how these things are determined, read the introduction (and the prefaces) of the Dictionary. Here is the very beginning of the ...