Maricopa County Sheriff's Office controversies. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is a law enforcement agency in Maricopa County, Arizona that has been involved in many controversies since 1995.
It was then used to mean 'a sudden state of activity (or inactivity) or state of mind', as in this early example, taken from William Warner's Albion's England, 1586: His seruants fear his solemn fittes.. The phrase 'fits and starts' is somewhat tautological, as both allude to sporadic activity.
This Site Might Help You. What is the origin of the saying, You ain't just whistlin' Dixie?? I suggest that during the War Between the States, Union soldiers trapped behind enemy lines are thought to have whistled Dixie with intention to disguise their origin.