Then generates the biggest comment section in the thread.
I’m also from the 60s but this one is new to me, and I’m pretty sure km from the globe even if the earth is now flat.
And to be clear I’ve heard of crib notes but its the adaptation to cribbing that is me. Cribbing is part of cribbage.
No, that’s something different. Cliff notes is an actual notebook series of summaries of commonly taught literature and maybe other things. Crib notes is a literal cheat sheet for an exam.
I heard it in the 80s-90s and come from the 70s. But my parents used it too I believe. At least they knew what the word was. They were form the early 1950s.
I am the official spokesman of the UK, never heard of it
Oh man, you may need to turn in your Brit Card to the King. The term was likely born in Britain, and used as a central part of the UK’s success in WWII.
The usage “crib” was adapted from a slang term referring to cheating (e.g., “I cribbed my answer from your test paper”). A “crib” originally was a literal or interlinear translation of a foreign-language text—usually a Latin or Greek text—that students might be assigned to translate from the original language. The term “crib” originated at Bletchley Park, the British World War II decryption operation.
Yep, did they not call a piece of paper you could copy off of during a test a crib sheet where you went to school? Or has that fallen out of use?
This is the first time I’m hearing it. I’m not exactly young…
“Crib Notes”. Term used globally since the 60’s.
“Used globally since the 60s”
Then generates the biggest comment section in the thread. I’m also from the 60s but this one is new to me, and I’m pretty sure km from the globe even if the earth is now flat. And to be clear I’ve heard of crib notes but its the adaptation to cribbing that is me. Cribbing is part of cribbage.
First I’ve heard it used ever. Unless you mean “Cliff Notes”
No, that’s something different. Cliff notes is an actual notebook series of summaries of commonly taught literature and maybe other things. Crib notes is a literal cheat sheet for an exam.
I highly doubt it was used globally.
Also
Also, upon looking into the term crib notes it appears that’s been used since the 1800s.
I lived in 4 English speaking countries in the 80’s, and it was definitely used everywhere. NA, SEA, and AU. All used that term.
I’ve heard cribbed and cribbing in aus (90s-00s school) but never knew the etymology!
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You sober, friend?
Very, what’s your excuse?
I think your eyes my need to be checked then. Just saying.
Globally? Are you sure? I’m from the 80s and I have never heard of that.
I heard it in the 80s-90s and come from the 70s. But my parents used it too I believe. At least they knew what the word was. They were form the early 1950s.
Friendly reminder that not everyone is American or in the anglosphere in general.
I’m not sure that’s an American thing as I’ve never heard of it. I assumed it was a European thing.
Well, a UK thing maybe. In German it would obviously be a Spickzettel and spicken, respectively.
I am the official spokesman of the UK, never heard of it
Oh man, you may need to turn in your Brit Card to the King. The term was likely born in Britain, and used as a central part of the UK’s success in WWII.
The usage “crib” was adapted from a slang term referring to cheating (e.g., “I cribbed my answer from your test paper”). A “crib” originally was a literal or interlinear translation of a foreign-language text—usually a Latin or Greek text—that students might be assigned to translate from the original language. The term “crib” originated at Bletchley Park, the British World War II decryption operation.
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I’m American and I knew what it was, so it’s a thing here too.
Yeah, that’s why I asked. I didn’t want to assume
Nope, we called that a cheat sheet in Australia.
Likewise for copying, we called that copying.
Same in Canada. Crib is a card game. Cribbing is blocking that goes under heavy things or stuff that rolls to keep it stable or lifted.
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