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Where on earth did this writer get these #sayings from?

I suppose I'm in the #boomer #age group and I've never said any of them.

I'll admit in #blues parties in the #seventies we'd call #lickashot to rewind a record, but I'm fully aware the #yoot would just be confused by that.

They clearly made these up to knock them down.

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https://geediting.com/gb-outdated-phrases-that-boomers-need-to-stop-using-if-they-wish-to-connect-with-younger-generations/

Not quite sure if this is fully aligned to my corner of #mastodon, but it's so delightfully nerdy that I had to share.

These two dive into many terms for printing and #typography that are still with us today.

If you're into #etymology, #words, #graphicdesign, or #webdesign, then you may enjoy.

https://youtu.be/cd5iFbuNKv8

Asshat - a very relevant world today.

Asshat is a new addition to the English language. Recent research has found evidence of use from the late 1990s, in Usenet groups.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/some-notes-on-asshat-word-history

The first entry on Urban Dictionary appears in 2002, defining the term as “One who has their head up their ass. Thus wearing their ass as a hat.” https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/asshat/

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There are some phrases #writers should never use.

Almost unprecedented is one of the worst. An event either has a precedent or it doesn't.

There is no middle ground here.

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I’m just getting started. assigned male at birth inequities
at risk injustice
autism institutional
barrier intersectional
barriers intersectionality
belong intersex
bias issues concerning pending legislation
biased key groups
Biased toward key people
biases key populations
Biases towards Latinx
biologically female LGBT
biologically male LGBTQ
bipoc male dominated
Black marginalizeblack and latinx marginalized
breastfeed + people marijuana
breastfeed + person measles
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New word for me: wherry. I thought it was a typo. Nope.

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07.04.25

-- As-tu jamais osé une seule fois dans ta vie?--

"Des sinistrés climatiques veulent attaquer l’État pour insuffisance en matière d’adaptation."
C'est peut être ça la vraie démocratie.

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/080425/des-sinistres-climatiques-veulent-attaquer-l-etat-pour-insuffisance-en-matiere-d-adaptation

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