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- The_whole_nine_yards abstract "The whole nine yards or full nine yards is a colloquial American phrase meaning \"everything, the whole lot\" or, when used as an adjective, \"all the way,\" as in, \"The Army came out and gave us the whole nine yards on how they use space systems.\" Its origin is unknown and has been described as \"the most prominent etymological riddle of our time.\"The earliest known example of this phrase is from 1907 in southern Indiana. It is related to the expression \"the whole six yards,\" used around the same time in Kentucky and South Carolina. Both phrases are variations on the whole ball of wax, first recorded in the 1880s. They are part of a family of expressions in which an odd-sounding item, such as enchilada, shooting match, shebang or hog, is substituted for \"ball of wax.\" The choice of the number nine may be related to the expression \"to the nines\" (to perfection).The phrase was introduced to a national audience by Elaine Shepard in the Vietnam War novel The Doom Pussy (1967). Use of the phrase became widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. Much of the interest in the phrase's etymology can be attributed to New York Times language columnist William Safire, who wrote extensively on this question.".
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- The_whole_nine_yards wikiPageWikiLinkText "The whole nine yards".
- The_whole_nine_yards wikiPageWikiLinkText "a popular expression".
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- The_whole_nine_yards comment "The whole nine yards or full nine yards is a colloquial American phrase meaning \"everything, the whole lot\" or, when used as an adjective, \"all the way,\" as in, \"The Army came out and gave us the whole nine yards on how they use space systems.\" Its origin is unknown and has been described as \"the most prominent etymological riddle of our time.\"The earliest known example of this phrase is from 1907 in southern Indiana.".
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