Idioms

four-one-one

4-1-1

Information, knowledge, or details. In the US and Canada, "4-1-1" is the telephone number for Information. OK, who's got the 4-1-1 on the cute new guy in our English class? Don't worry, I have the 4-1-1 on that assignment, so I'll help you with it. Anyone got the 4-1-1 on why Mrs. Rice is in such a bad mood today?
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four-one-one

and 411
n. information; the details about something or someone. (In the U.S., the telephone number of directory assistance or information is 411.) What’s the 411 on the new guy in the front office?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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A "one eighty-seven" is a homicide, derived from the California penal code number for that crime, often used as shorthand on police radio; by extension, it also means "No chance" or "Any possibility is dead." Information technology remains a fruitful source ("four-one-one" means "gossip" or "information"), but as usual the best words come from technology's failures.
The poetry of numbers: you are so 404!
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