pípol
n.— «Será un cambio global que dirigen desde ya las masas, el pueblo. La pípol.» —“Sorry, yo no spekeo español, ni english. Spanglish, for plis” by César Fernando Zapata La Crónica (Mexico D.F., Mexico) July 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Michelle in Williamsburg, Virginia, wonders about the origin of alley-oop!, which she says when hoisting her toddler. It’s from French allez, the imperative of aller meaning “to go” and houp or hop, an onomatopoeic utterance made...
A flashlight doesn’t flash. It provides a steady beam of light. So why is it called a flashlight? The earliest versions lit up only briefly before the batteries gave out and required a recharge, so they were literally “flash lights...