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  • What is the origin of skinflint and the image it is derived from
    Skinflint is an old expression, probably from thieves slang, whose meaning suggested the idea that one would even skin a flint to save something of it The noun skinflint, which denotes a niggardly person, is first recorded in A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew (London, 1699), by “B E Gent ”: Skin-flint, a griping, sharping, close-fisted Fellow It is
  • Idiom to refer to a person who is tight with money
    5 My preferred term (possibly due to UK bias) is skinflint, which pretty much covers all of your criteria: someone all-round obsessed with accumulating money and hanging on to it Other possibilities include miser or penny-pincher (primarily people who are reluctant to spend), or moneygrabber or hoarder (for people who relentlessly accumulate)
  • idioms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The point of the comment rather than the literal meaning is they're drowning and he's critiquing films Drowning is serious as the water insists upon itself, and he's sharing secrets of the heart about movies that are taken with their own importance
  • etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The original and older spelling appears to be "skinnymalink" The following extract from the The New York Times suggests that in this case the image of skinniness may have been derived from the that of a chain and hooks (links) that hold a pot over the fire: From skinny malink, in a comic song on the London stage around 1870 The Scottish National Dictionary has skinnymalink (ie), for an
  • etymology - If you can be discombobulated, is it possible to be . . .
    It's a slang (originally American) word of unknown origin that goes back well over a century Probably just a fanciful alliteration of discommode, discomfit, discompose, etc It certainly doesn't derive from some pre-existing word combobulate I think normally you'd be understood if you tried to use that 'back-formation', but I don't think it will catch on
  • Is Idve proper use of the English language?
    While reading a book, I came across the word I'd've, as in: I'd've argued against it While it was obvious what it meant, it left me puzzled Is I'd've a proper word?
  • Onboard into onto to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    I'm trying to figure out which is the right preposition to use after quot;onboard quot; (in the meaning of quot;integrate someone into an organization or familiarize him with one's products or se
  • Why is it spelled curiosity instead of curiousity?
    As far as English is concerned, the root of curiosity is curiosity It was not formed from curious The real question here is where the latter got its second u from The French original did not have it (Edit: and the answer to that, of course, is rather boring: by analogy with all the other -ous words Dangerous, numerous, devious, perilous, dubious, serious, oblivious, murderous, hilarious
  • Is there a word for the person who hides truth in order to deceive . . .
    I think deceive is more appropriate Even if it isn't, deception is a more established word, and it doesn't break immersion in the sentence for people who have never heard of dissembling The flow is better, in my opinion Unless the sentence is meant to seem a tad snooty, then dissembling would be spot on
  • What is a person who never leaves a tip called?
    23 Tightwad: a stingy or miserly person A miser Synonyms are cheapskate churl hoarder moneygrubber scrooge skinflint stiff (definition 21c - a poor tipper, a tightwad) penny-pincher pinchfist pinchpenny





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