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curly cuh en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɜːli kə/ (UK)

Etymology

From the shape of the letter.

Meanings

1. (UK, childish) The letter C, as distinct from the letter K ("kicking kuh").
   • (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:
   • 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:

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