Question of the Day #623

Jumping down, in shock but not falling, I keep mum till I'm with teary headquarters friends, who also know.

From the 7th paragraph of this article at the History News Network.

上記の文で、keep mumの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "keep mum" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

黙っている、口外しない

Stay mumという言い方もできます。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to not tell anyone (about something)

Examples

• She told him to keep/stay mum about the project.
• Make sure you kids keep mum in there or you're both grounded!
• You have to keep mum about Dave's retirement party—we want it to be a surprise.
• In politics, as in life, truth hurts. Better to keep mum.
• He is keeping mum about his feelings on the matter.

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Question of the Day #622

"'I had to get over my fear of doing the livestreams, and playing a screaming ass song and then...crickets. No response,' says Fetters during a recent phone interview."

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at City Beat.

上記の文で、cricketsの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "crickets" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎等にこの適訳がないので下記Cambridge Dictionaryの定義を訳すと、

全く返事や反応がないこと、口頭や文書による返事がないこと

ユーモラスにまたは人を愚弄するよう使用される。
用法は、下記例文を参照してください。

Answer

According to Cambridge Dictionary:

no reply or reaction at all; no spoken or written answer

Examples

• Don't you hate when you're talking to a group of people and you ask them a question and you get crickets?
• I sent them two emails about it and basically, crickets.
• Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just... crickets.
• We asked for an explanation, but all we heard was the sound of crickets.
• "She promised to give me a progress report last week. Since then --- *crickets*"

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Question of the Day #621

The term n00b came out of leet (elite) speak. 

From the 9th paragraph of this article at Digital Trends.

上記の文で、leetの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "leet" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈俗〉ハッカー風の書き方、リート語◆単語を独特の当て字で書く。特に一部のアルファベットを似た形の数字や記号で置き換える◆leet speak ⇒ l33t sp34kなど◆leetは日本の“2ちゃん語”「厨房」などに似た隠語的表現で、実際のハッカーというよりアングラ気取りの若者や一部のコンピューター・オタクがよく使う。複雑なニュアンスがあるので、背景を知らずにみだりに使わない方がよい

Answer

According to Cambridge Dictionary:

a way of writing used on the internet, in which the usual letters that are used to spell a word are deliberately replaced by numbers or by different characters

Also called leetspeak.

語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

Leetは、eliteから派生した俗語で、1997年までにおもにインターネットチャットでASCIIの代替アルファベットとして使用されるようになった文字です。オンラインゲームなどでは、eliteの代わりに使うこともあります。

Etymology

According to Online Etymology Dictionary,

ASCII alternative alphabet used mostly in internet chat, by 1997, derived from elite (adj.), and sometimes the word also was used as an adjective in that sense in online gaming.

Examples

• Originally developed as an elitist language (leet respelling elite), leet speak uses the whole range of letters, numbers, and symbols on the keyboard.
• Individuality and variety are key features of leet speak, and creativity is a plus, especially when more and more leet-speak terms are being borrowed by chatters and messengers.
• ‘This is cool and shows that black clad Berlin marketing gurus are down with leetspeak.’
• Ollie: Another win for us! We are LEET!
  Kelly: I carried you through that game noob! I'm the LEET one.
• "Wow, those guys that run this new board are leet, they had win 3.1 a week before it came out!"

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Question of the Day #620

We’ve braved the belly of the beast.

From the first paragraph of Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb".

上記の文で、the belly of the beastの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "the belly of the beast" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、in the belly of the beastの訳は、

窮地に追い込まれた、大ピンチに陥って

なので、the belly of the beastの意味は、「窮地、大ピンチ」になります。

Answer

According to the Collins Dictionary:

Generally it means being in the middle of a very bad situation or a dangerous place. You can be in the "Belly of the Beast" if you go into the central command of enemy headquarters.

Submitted By: DavedWachsman - 11/10/2012

Examples

• Meanwhile, the very best bodies of America are in prison, pumping iron in the belly of the beast. — Robert Lipsyte
• Washington is _of course_ " the belly of the beast ."
• "Although I don't single out the Republican Convention, I do see it as the belly of the beast, " she admitted.
• Alterman took his case into the belly of the beast with an appearance on " Crossfire ."
• This is pollution of staggering dimensions, and thousands of people are still dwelling right in the belly of the beast.

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Question of the Day #619

The shrug overtook last year’s most used emoji, the face palm to take the crown.

From the 6th paragraph of this article at Metro.

上記の文で、face palmの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "face palm" mean?

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解答

意味：
facepalmやface-palmとも書き、今ではfacepalmが多いようで、英辞郎によると、

手のひらで自分の額から鼻を覆う（しぐさ）◆つまらない駄じゃれを聞いた時などに、嫌悪感、羞恥心、不信感を表す。

Answer

According to MacMillan Dictionary:

the action of placing your hand flat across your face in order to show that you are frustrated or embarrassed about something

Examples

• But her body language was not good from the start on Saturday. She face-palmed after missing one forehand early, then shook her head after another errant shot. — Jeff Hartsell
• There's a kind of facepalm moment in the terrific pilot episode of Amazon's terrific new series Transparent when you realize that the title is a pun. — Phil Maciak
• She always does a facepalm when her mother starts asking her about boys.
• The whole thing is full of logical fallacies, non-sequiturs and face-palm moments.
• The team leader does a face palm after the team geek makes a particularly dorky statement.

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Question of the Day #618

When Burnham said, ‘the party comes first’, what he meant was that so long as the internal workings of Labour are hunky dory, then all’s well.

From the 3rd paragraph of this article at The Spectator.

上記の文で、hunky doryまたはhunky-doryの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "hunky dory" (also spelled hunky-dory) mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米俗〉申し分のない、結構な、素晴らしい、最高の◆【同】OK

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

:quite satisfactory : FINE

語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

初めて使用されたのは、1866年頃（1870年頃にミンストレル・ショーの楽曲から人気が出たとされている）。Hunkey（1861年、「良い、満足な」）に由来しているかもしれない。Hunkeyは、1847年のニューヨーク市の子どもの遊びで使用されたhunk（安全な場所）に由来。（以下、下記英語の説明を参照。）

なお、1876年の一説によると、hunky-doryは水夫が娯楽のために訪れた横浜の「本町通り」に由来する。

Etymology

According to Online Etymology Dictionary,

1866, American English (popularized c. 1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps an elaboration of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang used in street games, from Dutch honk "post, station, home," in children's play, "base, goal," from Middle Dutch honc "place of refuge, hiding place." A theory from 1876, however, traces it to Honcho dori, said to be a street in Yokohama, Japan, where sailors went for diversions of the sort sailors enjoy.

Examples

• You can't lose your temper one minute and then expect everything to be hunky-dory again the next.
• Once you've started your new job and rented a lovely apartment, you might feel that life in a new city is hunky-dory.
• The thing reportedly couldn't find its critical paths and gave off false signals that everything was hunky-dory when it wasn't.
• I checked the situation; everything is hunky dory, we have nothing to worry about.
• "How are things?"
  "Hunky-Dory."

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Question of the Day #617

Who's ready to say "bye, Felicia" to 2020?

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Forbes.

上記の文で、bye, Feliciaの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bye, Felicia" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎等のオンライン英和辞典に適訳がないので、下記Dictionary.comの定義を訳すとこのようになります。

Bye, Feliciaは、いくつかの違う場面で使用することができる軽蔑的な別れの挨拶です。最も頻繁な使われ方は、冷ややかな別れの挨拶としてです。

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Bye, Felicia is a dismissive term which can be used in a number of different contexts. Most simply and frequently, it is used as a cold way to bid someone a less-than-fond farewell.

語源

Dictionary.comによると、

Bye, Feliciaは、1995年のカルト映画FridayのIce Cubeが演じる登場人物Craigのセリフです。友人のSmokeyと一緒にマリフアナを吸っている場面で、いつも付き纏っている地元の女子FelishaがSmokeyに自動車を貸して欲しいとせがんで拒否されると、彼女はCraigにも頼んで欲しいという。が、Craigは、よそを見ながら冷たく、Bye, Felishaという。

Etymology

According to Dictionary.com,

“Bye, Felisha” is a line spoken by Ice Cube’s character, Craig, in the 1995 cult stoner comedy film, Friday. While smoking a joint with his friend Smokey, Craig is approached by Felisha, a local girl who constantly annoys the neighborhood with her attempts to mooch off others. After her request to borrow Smokey’s car is met with total refusal, she turns to Craig for support, and, rather than offer to help or defend her, he looks away and simply says “Bye, Felisha” in a dismissive tone.

Examples

• @Twitter is suggesting me to follow @POTUS and @Scientology today. Guess that means it's time to delete this app. #neverever #ByeFelicia
• I wondered how some of my white male friends could vote for Trump when I helped them understand what ‘Bye Felicia’ really meant.
• User 1: Can’t we all just get along and stop all the arguing?
  User 2: No! Bye, Felicia! Go back to your dream world!
• When she finally left we all said "bye Felicia".
• "Can I borrow a dollar, I promise I'll pay you back"
  "Bye Felicia"
  "I promise!"
  "BYE FELICIA!"
  

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