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TAKING THE MICK

Specialty Definition: TAKING THE MICK

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Phrase. Source: Phrase unknown but The Oxford English Dictionary describes mick originally meaning the head of a penny or a pigeon. Later this word became a derogatory slang for the Irish which could be where this saying came from. . Definition: To make fun of a person. Context: The phrase is used when people are making fun of someone . Social Source: University of Reading, England. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: TAKING THE MICK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-i-i-k-k-m-n-t-t"

-4 letters: enigmatic, hematinic, hematitic, kinematic, nighttime, ticketing.

-5 letters: chatting, cheating, chigetai, emitting, ethician, gnathite, intimate, magnetic, matching, mitigate, teaching, thacking, thematic, thiamine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TAKING THE MICK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 41 4B 49 4E 47      54 48 45      4D 49 43 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000001 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001101 01001001 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#65 &#75 &#73 &#78 &#71 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#77 &#73 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0041 004B 0049 004E 0047      0054 0048 0045      004D 0049 0043 004B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5435454348412544239247433745

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1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
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