Meanings
plural kicking kuhs
- UKchildishThe letter K, as distinct from the letter C ("curly cuh").
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 1811 more example
(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
Origin
From the shape of the letter (resembling a person kicking).
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