Name: English Tutor Nick P Word Origins (85) Cold Shoulder
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Word Origins 85. The word origin today is cold

shoulder. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. The cold shoulder is a noun phrase

that means that someone treats a person who they know in a very unfriendly way

without any emotion at all. It varies from the phrase to give someone the

silent treatment. Yeah.  I know sometimes students might get confused between

these two a little bit as well. When one gives another person the silent

treatment,  he or she refuses to say any words. They say they don't say anything

at all to that person. If someone gives another person the cold shoulder,  he or

she is more likely to give unemotional one or two word answers and you know, not

smile at all. So cold shoulder they just may look at you or they may look the

other way. They...  if you talk to them they won't answer at all basically. Or maybe

just give you  a  dirty look.  I don't know maybe possibly. But if someone's giving

you the cold shoulder,  they,  they won't smile. They'll have a very straight face.

No. Okay. No.  No really. That's all right. No.  They give answers like that. That's what

they do. So they give very,  very short brief very not warm,  very cold sort of

unemotional answers. That's the way we usually say that. Someone is giving you

the cold shoulder. Okay. Let's continue.  The idiom to give someone the cold

shoulder first became popular in the early 1800s and the earliest citing is

in writings by Sir Walter Scott. Okay.  Many claim the origin came from a custom

at the time that if a visitor was welcomed , he was served you know a big

hot meal. You know,  come on in give him a nice big hot meal. However if he was not

welcomed,  he or she would only be served the coldest toughest part of the animal

usually mutton. And it was proof that it was an inferior meal and it was proof

that you they weren't really that happy.  Well I guess you should be glad that they gave

you anything at all. But it was proof that they weren't happy. So that's,  that's

how it ... that's how it came about. So that's why I say somebody gave you the

cold shoulder. They didn't treat you like a nice warm guest.  So thus,  the phrase a

cold shoulder was born. So this is what they say. They say this is where it came

from.  Okay. So the cold shoulder refers to the

cold shoulder of an animal. A piece of meat that was supposed to be a tough

part,  not good quality. Okay. Let's continue.  We got three examples to cover this.

Example number one.  I don't know what I did wrong,  she has been giving me the

cold shoulder for two days now. So again probably the same way giving very short

brief.  very unfriendly sort of answers to someone. Or number two.  I tried to

apologize ,  but she didn't say much. Well she didn't say much meaning ,  she probably said

a little but not,  not very much at all.  She gave me the cold shoulder. Okay and

number three here. I know you strongly dislike him,

if you encounter him at the party just give him the cold shoulder. Yeah. So don't

face him. Okay. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope was clear. I hope it was informative.