Could be in a good or bad sense ("The feend ... beguiled her with treacherye, and brought her into a dreerye cheere," "Merline," c.1500), but positive sense has predominated since c.1400. Meaning "shout of encouragement" first recorded 1720, perhaps nautical slang (earlier "to encourage by words or deeds," c.1430). read more
“Cheers, pal.” Cheers is therefore used to express good wishes in both American English and British English; it's probably understood to have that meaning in a specific context (e.g., before drinking). I would use good wishes. read more
This comes from stupid people hearing other people say 'should have' but because they're dumb and lazy, they just repeat what they think they heard - no "h", so the easiest thing to do was to be dumb and just assume that the second word was "of". read more