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| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Verb. Source: A natural progression from the British expressions "to shack up" and "shagging". Definition: This means to have a very brief and rushed sexual encounter. It is also known as a quikie. Context: Used when two people are acting in the passion of the moment and decide to have sex spontaneously and quickly. Social Source: Weathered Irish Nomads. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ball golf shanking | 4 |
shanking | 4 |
golf shanking | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-k-n-n-s" | |
-1 letter: hanking, shaking, snaking. | |
-2 letters: ashing, asking, gaskin, kiangs, saning. | |
-3 letters: ankhs, gains, ginks, gnash, haiks, hangs, hanks, kains, khans, kiang, kinas, kings, knish, nighs, sangh, shank. | |
-4 letters: agin, ains, akin, anis, ankh, gain, gash, ghis, gink, gins, hags, haik, hang, hank, hins, hisn, inks, inns, kain, khan, khis, kina, king, kins, nags, nans, nigh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-k-n-n-s" | |
+3 letters: handshaking, unshackling. | |
+4 letters: handshakings, thanksgiving. | |
+5 letters: benchmarkings, stickhandling, thanksgivings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 48 41 4E 4B 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .... .- -. -.- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S H A N K I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0048 0041 004E 004B 0049 004E 0047 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5342354845434841 |
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