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stag party 1 A party attended by men only, often for the purpose of viewing obscene performances or movies, telling obscene jokes, and the like. 2 Specif., such a party given in honor of a prospective bridegroom by his friends. Robert Chapman, New Dictionary of American Slang (1986) doesn't give stag party a separate entry, but mentions it in ...
Oct 2, 2011 · A hen party or hen night specifically refers (in the UK) to what is called a "bachelorette party" in the US - there will be drinking, possibly a stripper, certainly some raucous laughter and dirty jokes. I wouldn't expect it to mean any random party featuring lots of women, nor any of the specialized women-only parties like a baby shower or wedding shower.
You took your degree at the University of Life. You received your degree from the University of Life. The reason is that you took it — as in studied for it — in the physical location.
Going on to address the apostrophe issue, THEAO uses bachelor's degree and master's (an acceptable shortening of master's degree). Though this is not incorrect, the modern trend (try a Google search) is to drop the apostrophe from the 'associative rather than true' possessive construction (as in working mens club ).
Apr 18, 2018 · I looked up both 'bachelorette' and 'bachelorette party' on ngrams and it confirmed my suspicion -- over 1/3 of uses of bachelorette are within bachelorette party AND , I can only imagine that any book that included a description of a party would also use the single word bachelorette (or bachelorettes referring to guests occasionally) within it ...
Jul 19, 2012 · 2. Degrees normally use "of" as the preposition, thus. However, you may be confusing the subject of the degree with the title of it. Some subjects, most notably vocational qualifications like law and journalism, do refer to their subject in the degree name, but it is possible that the degree you are referring to is a.
Nov 29, 2016 · It is an informal holiday (Christmas) party. The person or organization inviting you to the party may or may not have an ulterior motive or agenda, but the name doesn't give you any clue to that. Jingle is a word used in Christmas carols (Jingle Bells, Jingle all the Way, etc.), and it's onomatopoeia for the sound of small bells.
Jul 19, 2012 · 3. As I understand it, you are the bachelor (or at least the bachelor candidate) by virtue of being on the course, and the thesis is yours, so bachelor's thesis is the correct way to go. On the thesis/dissertation thing, a thesis is your argument or proposition, and a dissertation is the discourse you defend it with. Share.
Oct 16, 2017 · In UK we tend to use "hook up (with someONE)" for "meet (a person)", and also "hook someone up (with someONE" for "put someone in contact (with someone)".
Nov 13, 2015 · If you add "student" to the end, you will probably not be misunderstood, but it would be more common to phrase this as "I am working on (a/my) Bachelor's (degree/program/study)." As to whether to use the apostrophe-s, consider these examples: This is a cat toy. (a toy intended for use by a cat.) This is a cat's toy. (a toy possessed by a cat.)
