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(21,046 posts)Latin: facio - to do, make, or become- First declension (vowel ending is A)
facio I make
facias you make
faciat he, she, it makes
faciamus we make
faciatis you (pl.) make
faciant they make
Old violin labels say faciebant in ___year. Faciebant is "they were made". Past tense, passive, plural.
You should read Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English for laughs(mostly British).
The Best of Maledicta is good too.
For example, at the end of A Hard Day's Night, when they are on stage playing, and we see Ringo's rear, he is wearing "bugger-bafflers"
Those are side vents at the bottom of a suit jacket, instead of a center vent so you won't rip your jacket up when you stress the material.
I learned this amazing term from Partridge's.
You can learn lots of endearing terms there.