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As in "he's het up" meaning he's angry.My SOED doesn't list "het" although it's been around longer than my old dictionary, and I'm assuming it's from the verb "heat". Is "het" an older version of...
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OED2 labels it as "colloq. (orig. dial. and U.S.)". There are citations from the 1300s and 1500s, but then a gap until the latter 1800s, where it shows up in the "angry" sense.
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Thank you, Dr T. 300 years is a long time unaccounted for - "het" must have been used by some dialect or other in the intervening time; or could there be another explanation for its temporary...
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Hmmm. Surprised to find that US. Rarely heard it and assumed it to be of an UBlish bent.OTOH, UK "hot" (v.) surprised me when I lived in Hong Kong. Presidential race hots up.I suppose this is an...
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There was a wave of immigration into the US around the middle of the 19th century. It could easily have come over hidden away in, e.g., some Irish dialect and emerged years later into the light of day.
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What was the sense in the 1300s and 1500s cites? "Heated" in the literal sense?I should hope those weren't US cites too....
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"Het up" is in DARE, with an initial citation from 1862. The citations are scattered from all over the US. It is marked as "somewhat old fashioned" and it says that plain old "het" is rare.It's also...
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They seem to refer just to the literal sense.The first cite is "1375 BARBOUR Bruce IV. 113 He tuk a culter hat glowand That het wes in a fyre byrnand."Which I tentatively translate as "He took a...
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The use meaning 'heated' is around... but I thought there was also a kind of loose connection to 'head up' as in getting a head of steam up.
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"Het up" is marked as "somewhat old fashioned".It is? I am? It's commonly used here in the UK. Or were you talking about "het"? I was just repeating what DARE said. I would call it "dialectical" or...
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I just noticed - you refered to the verb "heat" up there. So you'UBall do use this, huh?So what's the diff between "election heats up" and "election hots up"?Does it "cold down" afterwards?And can I...
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If you really need someone else to heat up your lunch for you, wg, then very well. But you'll have to eat it before it cools down."Hots up" tends to be used intransitively to describe progress in...
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Interesting. So far as I'm aware, the sole use of "het" in my area (Seattle, USA) is as a slang abbreviation for "heterosexual."
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> "Hots up" tends to be used intransitively to describe progress in newsworthy events such as elections or sports competitions.Yes, yes, but what of the details? Would you use "heats up" in the...
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Would you use "heats up" in the same contexts? Is there some difference in nuance?And what is the opposite case? Does the newsworthy event "cold down" afterwards?"Hot" is more likely to be journalese,...
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Would a relationship qualify as "newsworthy event"? Can I say that John and Mary are really "hotting up" lately?And when my daughter throws a temper tantrum (okay, okay, my wife), can I send her to...
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wg, dear, if you were to say to someone about to punch you because you'd said something derogatory about John or Mary, "Cold off", he wouldn't consider you worth the effort. John and Mary's...
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seeing "het up" for "heat up" immediately brings to mind "Ma and Pa Kettle" of backwood fame. Sounds very rusticated to me.http://www.imdb.com/find?tt=on;mx=20;q=ma%20and%20pa%20kettle
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