Spoil, ruin, bungle. For example, The bad weather loused up our plans, or Your change of mind really loused me up. This slangy expression originated in World War I, when infestation with lice was the common lot of soldiers in the trenches; its figurative use dates from the 1930s.
She only needs treatment if you find live lice. To treat use a lotion that is effective at killing head lice and eggs. She checks your farmed salmon for sea lice! One of the problems with being a mammal is that your fur gets infested with lice.
Chewing lice live among the hairs or feathers of their host and feed on skin and debris, whereas sucking lice pierce the host's skin and feed on blood and other secretions. They usually spend their whole life on a single host, cementing their eggs, called nits, to hairs or feathers.
Adult: The fully grown and developed adult louse is about the size of a sesame seed, has six legs, and is tan to grayish-white in color. Adult head lice may look darker in persons with dark hair than in persons with light hair. To survive, adult head lice must feed on blood.
* Nooky – Some say this slang term for sexual activity or the female genitalia may be derived from “nook,” meaning a secluded or sheltered place. Others trace its origins to the Dutch verb “neuken,” to have sex.
What does yeet mean? Yeet is an exclamation of excitement, approval, surprise, or all-around energy, often as issued when doing a dance move or throwing something.
Louche ultimately comes from the Latin word luscus, meaning "blind in one eye" or "having poor sight." This Latin term gave rise to the French louche, meaning "squinting" or "cross-eyed." The French gave their term a figurative sense as well, taking that squinty look to mean "shady" or "devious." English speakers didn' ...
adjective. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. “the Byzantine tax structure” “Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship” synonyms: convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous complex.
He was, however, unimpressed by the combing and conditioner regimen, especially in long hair, and resorted to picking out the juvenile lice by hand. “They are just visible to the naked eye and can be crushed between finger nails.
Bedbugs and lice generally would not be mistaken for one another. Bedbugs are generally found in hiding places such as mattress seams, while lice live on the body of the infected person. Bedbugs are bigger than lice, about the size of an apple seed, while lice are about the size of a sesame seed.
masculine noun. 1. ( Zoology) louse. ▪ idiom: dar el piojo (Mexico) (informal) to show one's nasty side. ▪ idiom: estar como piojos en costura to be packed in like sardines.
