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bachata
noun
a contemporary genre of Latin American popular music, in the style of a ballad, featuring guitars, percussion, and singing.
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More about bachata
- Bachata was first recorded in English around 1955鈥�60.
- Bachata comes from Caribbean Spanish, and it originally meant “party” or “celebration.”
- Bachata in Spanish may have come from an African language, but it is uncertain.
- Bachata, the music, originated in the early 1920s in the Dominican Republic from Cuban and African rhythms.
EXAMPLES OF BACHATA
- The sultry melodies of bachata filled the air, enticing couples to sway and dance to the rhythm.
- As the guitar strings resonated, the singer’s heartfelt voice carried the emotions of the bachata song to everyone in the room.
receipts
plural noun
evidence or proof.
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Receipts, in the phrase show me the receipts, as evidenced in jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson’s new book, , out now from
PRONUNCIATION
Phonetic.
TRANSLATION
“Where is the proof?”
USAGE
A defiant dare meant to encourage the spoken-to to prove their allegation. If the speaker is the person implicated in said allegation, they likely believe there is no verifiable proof and therefore are willing to stick their neck out to boldly demand proof.
EXAMPLE
When Tia and Tamera said they’d gone to finish their homework with Roger after school, Lisa wasn’t buying it. “Show me some receipts,” she said, waiting for this allegedly completed homework to come out of their backpacks.
ORIGIN OF RECEIPTS
- Receipts originated in Black English and spread to the mainstream most likely in 2002, when singer Whitney Houston demanded proof of an accusation in an interview by saying, “I want to see the receipts.”
- The phrase morphed into聽show me the receipts in the late 2000s, and was used more generally in the context of celebrity scandals and gossip.
- The singular noun receipt was first recorded in 1350鈥�1400 from Middle English receite,听which came either from Old French recete聽or directly from Medieval Latin recepta 鈥渕oney received, receipt, recipe,鈥� from Latin recipere 鈥渢o receive.鈥�
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More about selcouth
- Selcouth is an archaic word that appeared in English before 900.
- Selcouth comes from the Old English word 蝉别濒诲肠奴迟丑, which means “seldom couth.”
- 罢丑别听couth part derives from an older meaning of聽couth, “known or acquainted with.”
- Literally,听selcouth means “seldom known.”
EXAMPLES OF SELCOUTH
- It was very聽selcouth and unsettling to see the empty streets that night.
- Her voice had a聽selcouth lilt to it that indicated she might not feel comfortable.