Bremse

[ref] "Hemmschuh" Standardwortschatz (14. Jh.), spmhd. bremse "Klemme, Maulkorb u.ä." Stammwort. Zu einem Verb, das "zwängen, klemmen" bedeutet, mhd. pfrengen und (lautlich genauer) mndd. pramen. Weitere Herkunft unklar. Bremse war auch die Nasenklammer zur Bändigung störrischer Pferde, von dort aus übertragen auf die Vorrichtung zum Anhalten von Fahrzeugen. Verb: bremsen. Seibicke, W. MS (1964), 253

bear (n.)

[ref] O.E. bera "bear," from P.Gmc. *beron "the brown one" (cf. O.N. björn, Ger. Bär), from PIE *bher- (3) "bright, brown" (see brown). Greek arktos and Latin ursus retain the PIE root word for "bear" (*rtko), but it is believed to have been ritually replaced in the northern branches because of hunters' taboo on names of wild animals (cf. the Ir. equivalent "the good calf," Welsh "honey-pig," Lith. "the licker," Rus. medved "honey-eater"). Others connect the Germanic word with Latin ferus "wild," as if it meant "the wild animal (par excellence) of the northern woods."

hand, finger, thumb

[ref]

Hand: (Old English) Hand is a widespread Germanic word (German, Dutch and Swedish also have it), but has no relatives outside Germanic, and no one is too sure where it comes from. Perhaps the likeliest explanation is that it is related to Gothic frahinthan 'seize', 'pursue', Swedish hinna 'reach' and English hunt, and that its underlying meaning is 'body part used for seizing'.

Finger: (Old English) Widespread among the Germanic languages (German, Swedish and Danish all have finger, and Dutch vinger), finger is not found in any other branch of Indo-European. It is usually referred to a prehistoric Indo-European ancestor pengkrós 'number of five', a derivative (like fist) of pengke 'five'.

Thumb: (Old English) The thumb is etymologically the 'swollen' part - an allusion to its greater thickness than the other fingers. Along with its relatives German daumen and Dutch duim, it goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic thûmon. This in turn can be traced to Indo-European tum- 'swell', which also produced English tumour, and tumult.

guiñapo

(as used in "descrisalizada" - Blogía)

[ref] from French guenipe:

[ref] 1. Femme malpropre, maussade, de très basse condition; 2. Femme de mauvaise vie.
Etymologie: Dauphinois, ganippa ; du holl. knippe, lieu de prostitution, d'après Diez, qui remarque que l'e a été introduit, comme l'a dans canif de knife.

Cf. German Kneipe:

[ref] 1. Bar; 2. event of student association.
Etymology: derived from "kneifen" meaning "being tight/close".

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frau, mann

[ref] [frouwa „Herrin“ (9. Jhdt.), vrouwe (Mhd)] weibliche Bildungen zu einem im Deutschen untergegangenen germanischen Wort für Herr "fro". Die eigentliche Bedeutung des Maskulinums ist "der Erste". Da das althochdeutsche fro "Herr" durch herro verdrängt wird, steht das mittelhochdeutsche vrouwe ohne ein etymologisches männliches Gegenstück isoliert da und behält die alte Bedeutung "Herrin".

[ref] "man(n)" hängt vielleicht über eine gemeinsame Wurzel mit lateinisch "mens" zusammen (auf keinen Fall direkt), sodaß "man(n)" = "denkendes Wesen" heißen könnte. Als sich im Deutschen "man(n)" auf ein "männliches Wesen" verengte, war ein neues Sammelwort für beide Geschlechter nötig, und so wurde eine adjektivische Ableitung, althochdeutsch "mannisc" gebildet, die es nur im Deutschen und im Niederländischen gibt. Aus "mannisc" wurde neuhochdeutsch "Mensch".

wasp

[ref] O.E. wæps, wæsp, altered (probably by influence of L. vespa) from W.Gmc. *wabis- (cf. O.S. waspa, M.Du. wespe, Du. wesp, O.H.G. wafsa, Ger. Wespe, Dan. hveps), from PIE *wobhes-/*wops- (cf. L. vespa, Lith. vapsa, O.C.S. vosa "wasp," O.Ir. foich "drone"), perhaps from *webh- "weave" (cf. Gk. hyphos "web," O.E. webb "web," O.N. vefa "to weave"). If that is the correct derivation, the insect would be so called for the shape of its nest. Waspish in the sense of "irascible, spiteful" is attested from 1566. Wasp-waist is recorded from 1870.

rave

Cf. Rage

[ref] from O.Fr. raige (11c.), from M.L. rabia, from L. rabies "madness, rage, fury," related to rabere "be mad, rave." Related to rabies, of which this is the original sense. Similarly, Welsh (cynddaredd) and Breton (kounnar) words for "rage, fury" originally meant "hydrophobia" and are compounds based on the word for "dog" (Welsh ci, plural cwn; Breton ki). The verb is c.1250, originally "to play, romp;" meaning "be furious" first recorded c.1300. The rage "fashion, vogue" dates from 1785.

panic

[ref] "mass terror", 1603, as an adj. (with fear, terror, etc.), from Fr. panique (15c.), from Gk. panikon, lit. "pertaining to Pan," in sense of "panic, fright" short for panikon deima, from neut. of Panikos "of Pan," the god of woods and fields who was the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots. As a noun, first recorded 1708. Meaning "widespread apprehension about financial matters" is first recorded 1757. The verb is 1827, from the noun. Panicky is first recorded 1869. Panic button in fig. sense is first recorded 1955, the literal sense apparently is from parachuting.

cake

[ref] c.1230, from O.N. kaka "cake," from W.Gmc. *kokon-, from PIE base *gag-, *gog- "something round, lump of something." Not related to L. coquere "to cook," as formerly supposed. Replaced its O.E. cognate, coecel. Originally (until c.1420) "a flat, round loaf of bread." Caked "thickly encrusted" (with) is from 1922. Let them eat cake is from Rousseau's "Confessions," in reference to an incident c.1740, when it was already proverbial, long before Marie Antoinette. The "cake" in question was not a confection, but a poor man's food.
"What man, I trow ye raue, Wolde ye bothe eate your cake and haue your cake?" ["The Proverbs & Epigrams of John Heywood," 1562]"

thirst

[ref] O.E. þurst, from W.Gmc. *thurstus (cf. O.S. thurst, Fris. torst, Du. dorst, O.H.G., Ger. durst), from P.Gmc. *thurs-, from PIE base *ters- "dry" (see terrain). Fig. sense of "vehement desire" is attested from c.1200. The verb is O.E. þyrstan; the fig. sense of the verb was present in O.E. Thirsty is O.E. þurstig.

bra

[ref] brassiere: 18c., "woman's underbodice," from Fr. brassière "child's chemise, shoulder strap" (17c.), from O.Fr. braciere "arm guard," from bras "an arm," from L. brachium (see brace). Modern use is a euphemistic borrowing first recorded 1909.

still

[ref] O.E. stille "motionless, stationary," from W.Gmc. *steljaz (cf. O.Fris., M.L.G., M.Du. stille, Du. stil, O.H.G. stilli, Ger. still), from root *stel- "fixed, not moving, standing" (see stall). Meaning "quiet, silent" emerged in later O.E.; noun meaning "quietness, the silent part" first attested 1608, in still of the night. The adverbial sense of "even now, even then, yet" (still standing there) is first recorded 1535, from notion of "without change or cessation" (c.1297); the sense of "even, yet" (e.g. still more) is from 1730.

lady

[ref] M.E. lafdi, lavede, ladi, from O.E. hlæfdige "mistress of a household, wife of a lord," lit. "one who kneads bread," from hlaf "bread" (see loaf) + -dige "maid," related to dæge "maker of dough" (see dey (1); also compare lord). Not found outside Eng. except where borrowed from it. Sense of "woman of superior position in society" is c.1205; "woman whose manners and sensibilities befit her for high rank in society" is from 1861 (ladylike in this sense is from 1586). Meaning "woman as an object of chivalrous love" is from c.1374. Used commonly as an address to any woman since 1890s. Applied in O.E. to the Holy Virgin, hence many extended usages in plant names, etc., from gen. sing. hlæfdigan, which in M.E. merged with the nom., so that lady- often represents (Our) Lady's; e.g. ladybug (1699; cf. Ger. cognate Marienkäfer) which now is called ladybird beetle (1704) in Britain, through aversion to the word bug, which there has overtones of sodomy. Ladies' man first recorded 1784.

bobo

"A person who combines affluence and a successful career with a preference for countercultural ideas and artifacts. [...] This word is a blend of the phrase bourgeois bohemian, which has been in the language for a long time, although it has usually been wielded as a mild insult. The shortened form is the invention of journalist David Brooks." =ref=

monster

"c.1300, "malformed animal, creature afflicted with a birth defect," from O.Fr. monstre, from L. monstrum "monster, monstrosity, omen, portent, sign," from root of monere "warn" (see monitor). Abnormal or prodigious animals were regarded as signs or omens of impending evil. Extended c.1385 to imaginary animals composed of parts of creatures (centaur, griffin, etc.). Meaning "animal of vast size" is from 1530; sense of "person of inhuman cruelty or wickedness" is from 1556. In O.E., the monster Grendel was an aglæca, a word related to aglæc "calamity, terror, distress, oppression."" =ref=

truth

"O.E. triewð (W.Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faithfulness, quality of being true," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true). Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1570. Unlike lie (v.), there is no primary verb in Eng. for "speak the truth." Noun sense of "something that is true" is first recorded c.1362." =ref=

blood

"O.E. blod, from P.Gmc. *blodam (cf. O.Fris. blod, O.N. bloð, M.Du. bloet, O.H.G. bluot, Ger. Blut, Goth. bloþ), from PIE *bhlo-to-, perhaps meaning "to swell, gush, spurt," or "that which bursts out" (cf. Goth. bloþ "blood," bloma "flower"), from suffixed form of *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom" (see bole). There seems to have been an avoidance in Gmc., perhaps from taboo, of other PIE words for "blood," such as *esen- (cf. poetic Gk. ear, O.Latin aser, Skt. asrk, Hittite eshar); also *krew-, which seems to have had a sense of "blood outside the body, gore from a wound" (cf. L. cruour "blood from a wound," Gk. kreas "meat"), which came to mean simply "blood" in Balto-Slavic and some other languages." =ref=

flan

""open tart" (1846), from Fr. flan "custard tart, cheesecake," from O.Fr. flaon, from M.L. flado, a Gmc. borrowing, from P.Gmc. *fladu- (cf. Frank. *flado, O.H.G. flado "offering cake," M.H.G. vlade "a broad, thin cake," Du. vla "baked custard"), akin to words for flat< (q.v.), probably from PIE base *pele- "spread out, broad, flat" (see plane)". =ref=

alcohol

"The word alcohol appears in English in the 16th century, loaned via French from medical Latin, ultimately from the Arabic al-kuḥl, meaning "collyrium", the name of very finely powdered antimony sulfide Sb2S3 used as an antiseptic and eyeliner (cf. Kayal). The powder was originally prepared by sublimation of the natural mineral stibnite in a closed vessel." =ref=

chocolate

"The word "chocolate" comes from the Aztecs of Mexico, and is derived from the Nahuatl word xocolatl (IPA /ʃo'kola:tɬ/ ), which is a combination of the words, xocolli, meaning "bitter", and atl, which is "water". The Aztecs associated chocolate with Xochiquetzal, the goddess of fertility. Chocolate is also associated with the Mayan god of fertility. " =ref=

sex

"males or females collectively (1382) from Latin "sexus" as state of being either male or female gender. Commonly taken with "seco" as division or half of the race [Tucker], which would connect it to "secare" (to divide or cut) (see "section"). Meaning of quality of being male or female is first recorded in 1526. Meaning of sexual intercourse first attested 1929." =ref=

La Diada

11th of september, National day of Catalonia. >i>=

switch

"1592, "slender riding whip," probably from a Flemish or Low German word akin to Hanoverian swutsche, a variant of Low Ger. zwukse "long thin stick, switch," from Gmc. base *swih- (cf. O.H.G. zwec "wooden peg," Ger. Zweck "aim, design," originally "peg as a target," Zwick "wooden peg"), perhaps connected with PIE base *swei- "to swing, bend, to turn."" =ref=

hedonist

"from Gk. hedonikos "pleasurable," from hedone "pleasure," related to hedys "sweet". Hedonistic is from 1866; earlier adj. form was hedonic (1656). A hedonist is properly the follower of any ethical system in which the highest good is some sort of pleasure. The Epicurian identifies this with the practice of virtue." =ref=

alternatives

"Latin. alternus "one after the other," pp. of alternare "to do first one thing, then the other," from alternus "every other," from alter "the other". The verb is recorded from 1599; the noun meaning "a substitute" is first attested 1848. Alternative with the counter-culture sense of "better than the establishment" attested from 1970." =ref=

("missing")

lujurioso

""lascivious, lecherous, unchaste" from O.Fr. luxurius (Fr. luxurieux), from L. luxuriosus, from luxuria (cf. luxury). Meaning "given to luxury, voluptuous" (of persons) is from 1606. Of things, meaning "characterized by luxury" is attested from 1650."=ref=

(not: "lujoso")

pathetic

"1598, "affecting the emotions, exciting the passions," from M.Fr. pathétique "moving, stirring, affecting" (16c.), from L.L. patheticus, from Gk. pathetikos "sensitive, capable of emotion," from pathetos "liable to suffer," verbal adj. of pathein "to suffer" (see pathos). Meaning "arousing pity, pitiful" is first recorded 1737. Colloquial sense of "so miserable as to be ridiculous" is attested from 1937. Pathetic fallacy (1856, first used by Ruskin) is the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects."=ref=

(not: with passion)

socializing

"1505 (implied in socially), "characterized by friendliness or geniality," also "allied, associated," from M.Fr. social (14c.), from L. socialis "united, living with others," from socius "companion," probably originally "follower," and related to sequi "to follow" (cf. O.E. secg, O.N. seggr "companion," which seem to have been formed on the same notion; see sequel). Meaning "living or liking to live with others, disposed to friendly intercourse" is attested from 1729. Meaning "pertaining to society as a natural condition of human life" first attested 1695, in Locke."=ref=

+

"suffix attached to verbs to mean their action, result, product, material, etc., from O.E. -ing, -ung, from P.Gmc. *unga (cf. O.N. -ing, Du. -ing, Ger. -ung). Originally used to form nouns from verbs and to denote completed or habitual action. Its use has been greatly expanded in M.E. and Mod.Eng. The other use of -ing is to form the prp. of verbs, and in this sense it developed from O.E. -ende (cf. Ger. -end, Goth. -and, Skt. -ant, Gk. -on, L. -ans). It evolved into -ing in 13c.-14c." =ref=

(good for you)

link: >"regulating interaction">

pataphysics

"from Greek (ta epi ta metaphusika), alteration of a work by Aristotle" >i>

distant

"from distance, c.1290, from O.Fr. destance, from L. distantia "a standing apart," from distantem (nom. distans) "standing apart, separate, distant," prp. of distare "stand apart," from dis- "apart, off" + stare "to stand"." =ref=

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Kafkaesque

"Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity...
Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger."=ref=

pendejadas

"Generalmente las pendejadas son cosas como decir estúpideces o hacer físicamente estúpideces o simplemente acciones realizadas por pendejos."
"La palabra en sí no es despectiva, la aplicación y el tono lo determina en un 100%."
=ref=

complacer

"from L., archaic form of classical L. cum "together, together with, in combination," the prefix sometimes used as an intensive, from PIE *kom- "beside, near, by, with" (cf. O.E. ge-, Ger. ge-)." =ref=

+

"please (v.)
c.1325, "to be agreeable," from O.Fr. plaisir (Fr. plaire) "to please," from L. placere "to be acceptable, be liked, be approved," related to placare "to soothe, quiet," from PIE base *p(e)lag- "to smooth, make even" (cf. Gk. plax, gen. plakos "level surface," plakoeis "flat;" Lett. plakt "to become flat;" O.N. flaga "layer of earth;" Norw. flag "open sea;" O.E. floh "piece of stone, fragment;" O.H.G. fluoh "cliff")." =ref=

(don't!)

cold turkey

""without preparation," 1910; narrower sense of "withdrawal from an addictive substance" (originally heroin) first recorded 1921. Cold turkey is a food that requires little preparation, so "to quit like cold turkey" is to do so suddenly and without preparation." =ref=

("sin chispa")

uniqueness

"1602, "single, solitary," from Fr. unique, from L. unicus "single, sole," from unus "one" (see one). Meaning "forming the only one of its kind" is attested from 1618; erroneous sense of "remarkable, uncommon" is attested from mid-19c." =ref=
+
"suffix of action, quality or state, attached to an adj. or pp. to form a noun, from O.E. -nes(s), general W.Gmc., cf. M.Du. -nisse, O.H.G. -nissa, Ger. -nis, Goth. -inassus." =ref=

or

"A(x) P(x) & (Ey (P(y)->x=y)) & Q(x)" >i>

shiftless

"O.E. sciftan "arrange, divide," related to sceadan "divide, separate" (see shed (v.)), from P.Gmc. *skiftanan (cf. O.N. skipta "to divide, change, separate," O.Fris. skifta "to decide, determine, test," Du. schiften "to divide, turn," Ger. schichten "to classify," Schicht "shift"). Sense of "change" appeared c.1250; that of "move, transfer" is c.1375; that of "manage to get along" is first attested 1513, in phrase shift for oneself, and yielded shiftless in the modern sense (1584)." =ref=

+

"suffix meaning "lacking" is from O.E. -leas, from leas "free (from), devoid (of), false, feigned," from P.Gmc. *lausaz (cf. Du. -loos, Ger. -los "less," O.N. lauss "loose, free, vacant, dissolute," M.Du. los, Ger. los "loose, free," Goth. laus "empty, vain"). Related to loose and lease." =ref=

squanderer

"1589 (implied in squandering), "to spend recklessly or prodigiously," of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in "Merchant of Venice" with a sense of "to be scattered over a wide area." Squander-bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and waste during war-time shortages, represented as a devilish insect, was introduced Jan. 1943 by the National Savings Committee. In U.S., Louis Ludlow coined squanderlust (1935) for the tendency of government bureaucracies to spend much money." =ref=

soporific

"1690, from Fr. soporifique (1687), formed in Fr. from L. sopor (gen. soporis) "deep sleep," from a causative form of the PIE base *swep- "to sleep" (cf. somnolence)." =ref=

(or: can't awake, won't awake)

insomniac

"1623 Anglicized as insomnie, from L. insomnia "want of sleep," from in- "not" + somnus "sleep" (see somnolence). The modern form is from 1758. Insomniac (n.) is from 1908."=ref=

(or: can't sleep, won't sleep)

decisive

"from O.Fr. decider, from L. decidere "to decide," lit. to cut off," from de- "off" + cædere "to cut" (see cement). Sense is of resolving difficulties "at a stroke." Originally "to settle a dispute;" meaning "to make up one's mind" is attested from 1830. Decided in the adj. sense of "resolute" is from 1790. Decisive is 1611. A decided victory is one whose reality is not in doubt; a decisive one goes far toward settling some issue." =ref=

(hooray, a plan)

indecisive

negation of "decisive" (see above)

(no plan)

la gran rutina

"1676, from Fr. routine "usual course of action, beaten path" from route "way, path, course" + subst. suffix -ine." =ref=

title of >a book>

paused

"1426, from M.Fr. pause (14c.), from L. pausa "a halt, stop, cessation," from Gk. pausis "stopping, ceasing," from pauein "to stop, to cause to cease." The verb is from 1526." =ref=

tabula rasa

"1535, "the mind in its primary state," from L., lit. "scraped tablet," from which writing has been erased, thus ready to be written on again, from tabula (see table) + rasa, fem. pp. of radere "to scrape away, erase" (see raze). A loan-translation of Aristotle's pinakis agraphos, lit. "unwritten tablet" ("De anima," 7.22)." =ref=

("alles neu macht der osterhase")