Search for: 1905
3461 Etymology dictionary, p. sexy (adj.).2
1905, "engrossed in sex," from sex (n.) + -y (2). The sense of "sexually attractive" is by 1912. An earlier word in this sense was sexful (1894). Related: Sexier; sexiest .
3462 Etymology dictionary, p. shark (n.1).7
The English word was applied (or re-applied) to voracious or predatory persons, on the image of the fish, from 1707 (originally of pick-pockets); loan shark is attested from 1905.
3463 Etymology dictionary, p. shotgun (n.).3
… by 1905, from custom of having an armed man beside the driver on the stagecoach in the Old West to ward off trouble. The U.S. football offensive shotgun formation …
3464 Etymology dictionary, p. silent (adj.).4
… from 1905. Silent majority in the political sense of "mass of people whose moderate views are not publicly expressed and thus overlooked" is first attested …
3465 Etymology dictionary, p. Sinn Fein (n.).2
1905, from Irish, literally "we ourselves," from Old Irish féin "self," from PIE *swei-no-, suffixed form of root *s(w)e- (see idiom ). The movement was founded 1905 by Irish journalist and politician Arthur Griffith (1872-1922).
3466 Etymology dictionary, p. skidoo (v.).2
a vogue word of 1905, "to leave in a hurry," perhaps a variant of skedaddle (q.v.). The association with twenty-three is as old as the word, but the exact connection was obscure when it emerged and none of the guesses seem to hold much water.
3467 Etymology dictionary, p. skip (v.).5
… by 1905, perhaps ultimately from skip school (attested by 1810).
3468 Etymology dictionary, p. skitter (v.).2
… from 1905.
3469 Etymology dictionary, p. slack-jawed (adj.).2
… from 1905, with more of the literal sense of jaw (n.). See slack (adj.) for similar compounds.
3470 Etymology dictionary, p. slant (n.).2
… from 1905. Derogatory slang sense of "slant-eyed Asian person" is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant-eyes (1929).
3471 Etymology dictionary, p. slippage (n.).2
1850, "act of slipping," from slip (v.) + -age. In mechanics, "amount of slippage" (by 1905).
3472 Etymology dictionary, p. smart aleck (n.).2
… -alecky (1905).
3473 Etymology dictionary, p. smog (n.).2
1905, a blend of smoke (n.) and fog (n.), formed "after Lewis Carrol's example" [Klein; see portmanteau ]. Reputedly coined in reference to London, and first attested there …
3474 Etymology dictionary, p. smoggy (adj.).2
"full of or characterized by smog," 1905, from smog (n.) + -y (2). Related: Smogginess .
3475 Etymology dictionary, p. sox (n.).2
altered plural of sock (n.1), 1905, originally in commercial jargon.
3476 Etymology dictionary, p. sparkler (n.).2
1713, "what sparkles" (in reference to gems, wits, women), agent noun from sparkle (v.). In reference to some sort of firework by 1894; in the modern hand-held fireworks sense by 1905.
3477 Etymology dictionary, p. split (n.).3
… from 1905 in American English ( banana split ). The slang meaning "share of the take" is from 1889. The meaning "a draw in a double-header" is from 1920.
3478 Etymology dictionary, p. sport (n.).4
… by 1905 in American English colloquial.
3479 Etymology dictionary, p. squad (n.).3
… by 1905.
3480 Etymology dictionary, p. squeeze (v.).3
… by 1905. The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has squeeze-crab "A sour-looking, shrivelled, diminutive fellow."