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curly cuh

UK/ˈkɜːli kə/

curly cuh noun: the letter C, as distinct from the letter K ("kicking kuh").

Noun

curly cuh (plural curly cuhs)

  1. (UK, childish) The letter C, as distinct from the letter K ("kicking kuh").
    • Or did it start as Kill It Bang before they decided to soften it slightly by changing the kicking kuh to a curly cuh?2014, Dave Gorman, Too Much Information, Random House, page 181
    • (Sometimes these are spelt with a kicking ‘kuh’ rather than a curly ‘cuh’ as ‘homoskedasticity’ and ‘heteroskedasticity’.)2018, Alan R. Jones, Best Fit Lines & Curves: And Some Mathe-Magical Transformations, Routledge, page 174

Forms of curly cuh

pluralcurly cuhs

Origin of curly cuh

From the shape of the letter.

Questions about curly cuh

What does curly cuh mean?
Curly cuh means the letter C, as distinct from the letter K ("kicking kuh").
What part of speech is curly cuh?
Curly cuh is a noun.
How do you pronounce curly cuh?
Curly cuh is pronounced /ˈkɜːli kə/ (UK).
What is the plural of curly cuh?
The plural of curly cuh is curly cuhs.

Words near curly cuh in the dictionary

  1. curly bracket
  2. curly bracket language
  3. curly bracket languages
  4. curly brackets
  5. curly cue
  6. curly cuh
  7. curly cuhs
  8. curly endive
  9. curly endives
  10. curly fries
  11. curly fry

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