etymology

Anyone who's been in or around the military knows that to "police up" the area is to pick up trash, and "police call" is a morning ritual to do same... But in response to a Quora question today, I tried for about 20 minutes to find the origin of this term... How "police" became a synonym for...

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My friend and I find much humor in the word "Jewess," given that it sounds so outdated and odd in any conversation, which is why we always find reason to use it anyway. We were both troubled that no word specifically referring to a female Christian existed in English, thus gave rise to the word...

I think,I may be wrong though,this forum is the place to post this question.Can any of my friends give me informations on the origin of the following English words-'Cat' & 'Moon'? Regards to all.

Just a quick question. What is "woo"? I have seen the word used here often. However, I have Googled and checked with Urban Dictionary, but all it has is hip-hop culture definitions. From observing its usage here, I understand "woo" to mean "hooey" or, more specifically, "paranormal blather"...

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I got this in my mailbox today: A lot of these seem like urban legends, but so far, I've only been able to confirm that one of these is actually is: Snopes.com - Brass Monkeyshine: So, skeptics, how about the rest of these? Urban legends as well?