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Frowned upon. Diggity. Often doesn't have it's own definition. Only when placed with other words it really has a meaning 1. No diggity = no doubt, for sure 2. Bomb diggity = great, awesome, the best, etc 1. 2. 1. 2. Guy #1 Did you hear Rossy slept with the bartender last night? Guy #2 Get the fuck outta here! 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. Affirmation of coolness or appropriateness. 1. Diggity, as a word of its own, has little or no commonly accepted meaning.

A)It may used as a substitute for any number of slang words or terms, such as "doubt" in the phrase "no doubt" (ie. no diggity). B)As rhyming slang, it is put before any word beginning with a D to accent it, such as "diggity dank. " Often associated with the word "bomb," diggity can be preceeded with bomb to add emphasis. A)We hittin' da clubs tonight? B)Yo, my boy was flossin' two Os o' dat bomb diggity dank, and two G's from the block jacked his shit. really dank pot dude, i got some diggities last night, i was blown out of my mind! Theyuniversity.tumblr.com/post/48819012825/whats-up-with-punctuations-in-and-around-quotation. Before we get started, the answer to your question actually depends on where you live. More specifically, THE FOLLOWING RULES ARE FOR AMERICAN ENGLISH, which is very strict when it comes to putting commas and periods in and around quotation marks. British English uses rules that allow the writer to determine whether the period or comma belong with the quotation or are part of the larger sentence.

(See below.) If you want to be “safe," go with the rules for American English: if nothing else, it’s consistent and "predictable. " (See what we did there with "safe" and "predictable"?) (Source: theyuniversity, via theyuniversity) Theyuniversity.tumblr.com/post/48135605597/yo-grammar-whats-up-with-possessives. As Harry would say, “What Rubbish!” Who are the “they" that have allegedly turned an age-old grammar rule into an overnight abomination? Here is a simple explanation of how to express possessives: So far, so good. With plural nouns, it gets a little tricky, primarily because there are many different plural nouns. Lastly, here is how we work with proper nouns (especially people’s names): For more on this topic, check out the Purdue OWL, an excellent resource for grammar and punctuation. If you have any questions on this topic, tweet us @The_YUNiversity. How To Use An Apostrophe. Five Grammatical Errors that Make You Look Dumb.

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