rubber ear n. an attitude or instance of rejection, refusal, or unresponsiveness; the cold shoulder. Also v., to reject, refuse, or ignore. Editorial Note: Sometimes constructed similar to give (someone) the rubber ear or get the rubber ear. Although the first cite is from an American author, the term is far more common among Scots. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Get a shower or take a shower? Grace, a caller from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, says her fiancé, also from Philadelphia, always says he’s going to get a shower, while she always says she’s going to take a shower. North American English usually...
A kerfuffle is a fuss, bother, or disturbance. It’s from Scots curfuffle, likely from Scottish Gaelic car, meaning “turn,” “bend,” or “twist,” plus fuffle, a Scots word that means “to disorder” or “to ruffle.” Early forms like carfuffle and...