who described words and phrases as u or non-u
U and non-U English The debate[clarification needed] was set in motion in 1954 by the British linguist Alan S. C. Ross, professor of linguistics in the University of Birmingham. He coined the terms "U" and "non-U" in an article, on the differences that social class makes in English language usage, published in a Finnish professional linguistics journal.[1] Though his article included differences in pronunciation and writing styles, it was his remark about differences of vocabulary that received the most attention.
Abracadabra Abracadabra is of unknown origin, and its first occurrence is in the second century works of Serenus Sammonicus, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.[1] Several folk etymologies are associated with the word:[2] from phrases in Hebrew that mean "I will create as I speak",[3] or Aramaic "I create like the word",[4] to folk etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas.[5] According to the OED Online, "no documentation has been found to support any of the various conjectures."[5]