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The Previously Discussed Origins of Things

A  -  B  -  C  -  D  -  E  -  F  -  G  -  H 
I  -  J  -  K   -  L  -  M  -  N  -  O  -  P 
Q  -  R  -  S  -  T  -  U  -  V  -  W  -  X  -  Y  -  Z
Words / phrases in red star (*) were originally Stump Me questions that have been added to the Origins list.
A
A Number 1
 A-OK
 Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
 Actions Speak Louder Than Words
 Adam's Apple
 Advice
 Aftermath
 Alibi
 Applaud
 Astronaut
Atlas
Attitude   *
August
Ax To Grind
B
Back To Square One
 Back-Seat Driver   *
Baker's Dozen
 Ballpark Price   *
Ballot
 Bar-B-Que   *
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
 Bedlam
 Best Man
Bikini   *
Biscuit
 Bite The Bullet
 Bitter Pill To Swallow
Blue Chips
Boob (for breast)   *
Bootlegger
 Booze
 Boycott
 Break The Ice
 The Bronx
 Bus
C

Calculus
 Camera
 Caught Red Handed
 Cereal
 Champagne
 Civilization   *
 Coat Of Arms
 Cock  (slang for penis)   *
Cock & Bull Story   *
Coconut
Cold Feet
Cole Slaw
Connecticut
Cop
Corduroy
Credit Card
Crocodile Tears
Crystal
Cunt   *
 Curfew
D
Dark Horse
 Daisy
 Dead As A Doornail
 Dead Ringer   *
Democrat Mascot - The Donkey
 Desert
 Dick  (slang for penis)   *
Diesel
Do Or Die
 Doubleheader
Doughnut   *
 Draw A Blank
 Drinking A Toast
 Drunk As Cooter Brown   *
Dry As A Bone   *
Duet   *
E
Early Bird Catches The Worm
 Earn One's Salt
 Easier Said Than Done
 Easy Street
 Eating Humble Pie
Eggnog
Eggs Benedict
Eureka
Every Tom, Dick & Harry
Ex-Lax
F
Face The Music
Fahrenheit
The Fairer Sex
Fall Guy   *
February
 Fettucine Alfredo
Fender Washers   *
 Fido
 File
 Florida
 Fornication
 Friday
 Fuck   *
Funny Bone
G
Gargoyle
 Gazebo
 Getting Your Ducks In A Row
 Give Someone The Bird
Golden Age
 Goose Bumps
 Gotham City
 Grocery Store
 Guinea (slang for an Italian person)   *
Guru
 Gymnasium
H
Hamburger   *
 Hammock
 Handwriting On The Wall
Hanky Panky
Having A Screw Loose
 Heebie-Jeebies
 Helium
Hockey   *
Holiday
Honeymoon
Hooker
Hoosier   *
 Hors D'oeuvre
Hot Shit   *
I
I Don't Give A Rat's Ass   *
I Wouldn't Touch It With A Ten-Foot Pole
Idiot
If Worse Comes To Worst
Ignoramus
In One Ear And Out The Other
In The Groove
 Indian Giver
Indiana
Inch
It Dawned On Me 
J
Jackpot
Jailbird
 January
 Jeep
 Jiggle
The Jolly Roger
Johnny-Come-Lately
Juggernaut   *
Junk
Just Under The Wire
K
Kangaroo Court
 Keep The Ball Rolling
 Keeping Up With The Joneses
 Ketchup
 Kike   *
Know The Ropes
 Know Thy Enemy   *
Kodak
 Kool-Aid
L
Lady
 Laid Back
 Laser
Lasso
Lay An Egg
lb. (pound)
Lickety-Split   *
 Limelight
Live Dangerously
 Living High On The Hog   *
Lock, Stock And Barrel
 Lynching
M
Maryland
 Mascot
Masturbation
Mayday   *
 Mayonnaise
Mind Your Ps & Qs
 Minister
 Minutes
Missouri
Molotov Cocktail
Monkey Dish   *
 Moron
Music Hath Charms To Soothe The Savage Breast   *
N
Nag
 The Naked Truth
Needless To Say
Neither Here Not There
Nicotine
Nip In The Bud
No Spring Chicken
No Sweat
Noon
 Nothing to Write Home About
 Now Or Never
O
Off The Beaten Track
Off The Deep End
Ohio
On A Roll
On The Nose   *
On The Rocks
 Ozone
P
"P.U." (as in smelly)   *
 Pajamas
 Pap Smear
 Pee or Peeing   *
 Penis
Pirate
Pistol
Play The Field
Pooh-Bah
 Poop   *
 Pooped
Pop Goes The Weasel
Pound (Money)   *
 Pound Cake
 Pretzel
Prima Donna
 Prostitute
 Pulling the Wool Over His Eyes
Q
Quarterback
Queer
Question
Quick On The Draw
Quiet As A Mouse
Quorum
R
Rack Your Brains
 Read Between The Lines
 Read The Riot Act
 Red Letter Days
 Redneck
 Republican Mascot - The Elephant
 Rhode Island
 Ride Shotgun
 Ring Around The Rosy   *
 R.S.V.P.
 Rule Of Thumb
S
Sabotage
 Sandwich   *
 Scalper
Scandal
Scumbag
 Second Wind
 September
 Shampoo
 Shithead   *
Shoot A Wad   *
 Sideburns
 Sinister
 Sitting Duck
 Skyscraper
Sleep Tight
 Slipping Them A Mickey
Slush Fund
 Smell A Rat
Smog
Sniper
 Sophomore
 Sucker
 Suede
Suicide Doors   *
Swan Song
T
Taken Down A Notch   *
Taxi
 Testimony
 That Sucks   *
The Life Of Riley   *
The Real McCoy
The Third Degree
The Whole 9 Yards
 Three Sheets To The Wind   *
Tips
 Tobacco
Tuxedo
Twinkies
U
Ugly Duckling
 Ultimatum
 Underdog
University
Until Hell Freezes Over
Up A Creek
Upside-Down
Utah
V
Vaccine
Vampire
Van
Vanish Into Thin Air
Vaudeville
Vicious Circle
The Virgin Islands
W
Wakes (for funerals)   *
 Wet Behind The Ears
 When In Rome, Do As The Romans   *
Whippersnapper
 Wooooo!   *
 WOP
X
Xerox
Xmas
Y
You Can Lead A Horse To Water, But You Can't Make Him Drink   *
You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too   *
Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
Z
ZIP Code
Zodiac
Zombie
Zoo

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