I'm only now learning that the Scissor Sisters aren't British I thought as a kid that since the vocalist was speaking Bee Gee that was just what people from Chorlton-cum-Hardy sounded like
📻 TFI 90s 🎤 Chris Stagg 💿 Take Your Mama 🎵 Scissor Sisters Trusted local radio for 30 years
(India) Scissors.
The doctor came over and peeled off the makeshift bandage, cleaned what he could and looked at it. / “Well, I know what I have to do.” He nodded at me and picked up a scissor-type tool. / “Oh, ho, ho! Don’t you do that; don’t do it; don’…
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(rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.
The records of the Cutlers’ Company of London (1624) refer to scissor-making in the city, although the quality of English-made scissors did not match that of continental scissors for another 100 years. A few English firms of scissor-make…
Scissor means: One blade on a pair of scissors.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
scissor means: One blade on a pair of scissors.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“I'm only now learning that the Scissor Sisters aren't British I thought as a kid that since the vocalist was speaking Bee Gee that was just what people from Chorlton-cum-Hardy sounded like”
“📻 TFI 90s 🎤 Chris Stagg 💿 Take Your Mama 🎵 Scissor Sisters Trusted local radio for 30 years”
“We're going live with Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream with Viewer Mii Requests! Want to join the queer soap opera that is life on Slippery Scissor Island? Come and swing by! www.twitch.tv/nary_a_care”
“To be fair, I just held the shirts while you did all the scissor work”
“👏👏👏 just don't do what I did at scissor sisters and get absolutely fucken trollied”
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(noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
He put his two fingers in the scissor holes. He pulled a stray wisp of hair from the thick braid that reached her waist. The small scissors sheared right through it.
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