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I feel like they get a bad rap in media and stuff

A Smart Aleck is just someone just too clever for their own good. During the 1840s in New York City a conman had his wife posing as a prostitute and between them they would rob their customers, knowing few men would report the crime to the police. However sometimes they were caught and escaped prosecution by bribing the officer involved. But then he tried to be too clever by cutting the police out of the deal, because of their previous police corruption, and not wanting to expose themselves. But he was wrong and found himself in jail.

A Calamity Jane is a young woman who gets herself into all sorts of trouble without meaning too. The original Jane was born in Deadwood South Dakota USA 1852. She dressed like a cowboy, and behaved like a cowboy, and her husband's were surprisingly unlucky as 11 out of 12 died in suspicious circumstances. She famously threatened "calamity" to any man who offended her in the slightest way.

To be blessed with the gift of Blarney means a person able to talk their way into another's affection, or out of trouble with ease. Apparently in1602 the English army besieged Blarney Castle in Southern Ireland, and was ordered to surrender. After many excuses and much prevarication the siege failed, and the. monarch of the time give in to his charm, and famously exclaimed "That's more Blarney talk". The legend is that if a visitor should kiss a particular stone at Blarney Castle, they too will be blessed with the gift of the gab.

A Maverick is an unorthodox individual who is independent minded and often innovative. Samuel Maverick 1803-70 was a cattle rancher in Texas that didn't brand his cattle, which no one else dared to do, and then claimed unbranded cattle has is own, which everyone agreed must be his. He became so well known his name was used to describe a politician who refused to affiliate themselves with a particular cause, and been used for wider applications since.

What kind of person are you?

I accidentally kept mispronouncing my coworkers name. She finally corrected me today. We been working together for a few months. I was like awkward 😬😅

i do try my best to get peoples names right though!

The question about A-Acronyms was pretty well-received...

How Many of these A-ACRONYMS Do You Know?

... so let's continue with one about the letter B.

Let's see how well GaGers know their Acronyms.

Below is a list of 15 ACRONYMS that start with the letter "B" that you might encounter from time to time.

BA
BAFTA
BBB
BBC
BCD
BFF
BIOS
BLOB
BMX
BOGO
BRB
BSA
BTO
by the way
BYOB

How many of them do you know?

You don't have to name them, just tell us how many you know.

Note: Some acronyms may have more than one meaning, you only have to know one of the meanings.

Please vote in the poll.

The meaning (s) of each acronym will be given in a few days.

Do you think it would look sexier and better shaved compared next to a woman's smooth legs... or keep it naturally hairy as the contrast of hairy and smooth would look better and sexier?

No i wasn’t high when thinking of this question by the way lol.

But what do you think?

just imagine this big hulking dude here

Was afraid of this little guy here

Ridiculous?

We've seen many times, that there are some significant differences between American English and British English.

Did you know that the same word FANNY has completely different meanings between the two?

In American English, the FANNY is a person's rear end, their buttocks, what British English calls bum.

In British English, the FANNY is the person's front, more typically, and pejoratively, the female genitalia.

Which meaning of FANNY do you use in your country?

Please vote in the poll.

Maybe this is why a Fanny Pack is sometimes worn on the front, and sometimes on the back.

Average new car costs $50,000 . American cars are crap with Buick rated the best of the American cars at #8 . Toyota is ranked #1 with the 4 runner.

Could the car market start another 2008 crisis?

Do you buy new or used? People are upside down in value with their cars. Purchase cost is higher , insurance is higher , mechanics to fix car is higher.

What American need is a car without the extras. Just FM radio, AC/Heat , roll up and roll down windows. Price would be affordable. Cars are like houses today , buyers have to buy what is out here. Repos are at all time highs , so don't listen to Trumpsters saying economy is booming. If so , Repos would be at all time lows.

It just stares intensely at you almost studying you in an admirable manner…

what do you do?

Let's see how well GaGers know their Acronyms.

Below is a list of 20 ACRONYMS that start with the letter "A" that you might encounter from time to time.

ACLU
ADHD
AED
AFAIK
AFK
AG
AI
AIDS
AITA
AKA
AM
ANSI
AOL
AP
API
ASAP
ASCAP
ASCII
ATC
ATM

How many of them do you know?

Note: Some acronyms may have more than one meaning., you only have to know one of the meanings.

Please vote in the poll.

The meaning (s) of each acronym will be given in a few days.

If people like this, maybe we'll continue with a question every few days of the next letter in the alphabet.