Sep 2, 2014 · The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name).. Wikipedia "Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little".

Sep 22, 2011 · According to the Oxford English Dictionary, milady emerged in 1778 that partially came from French: Partly < French milady , title used when addressing or speaking of an …

Governor Tarkin: Princess Leia, before your execution, I'd like you to join me for a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now. …

Feb 28, 2013 · To continue the question started in identifying accents of British actors, there is one popular current cultural artifact with an excess of non-standard British accents, and that is …

Nov 25, 2011 · Etymonline explains:. cum (verb and noun) seems to be a modern (by 1973) variant of the sexual sense of come that originated in pornographic writing, perhaps first in the …

Aug 24, 2014 · She dressed herself up as though she were a little princess. She wishes she were a little princess. He orders me about as if I were his wife. (but I’m not) He wishes I were his …

Jun 13, 2011 · So, then, on Earth today, we have the hypocrisy of people who say that there are things that are "not fair" in war, but who routinely engage in them opportunistically anyways. …

Feb 9, 2016 · The first instance of the Chicken Little story that a Google Books search finds is from "Remarkable Story of Chicken Little: An Occurrence of Everyday Life," in the [New York] …

I don't know how you can explain to people in general that it's grammatically incorrect, but here is one idea: when you go to a James Brown tribute concert and the singer says "Get up offa that …

Sep 20, 2011 · @Marcin: Perhaps I am. I know that there are times when "Mister" is either a portion of a style or a complete style, but in that case it is associated with some position (e.g. …