- Mar 2024
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In a “porcivorous” country, people spent their days foragingand fornicating; when upset, they could be heard yelling out, “Flesh aliveand tear it.” It was their “favorite exclamation,” Byrd said. This bizarrecolloquialism suggested cannibalism, or perhaps hyenas surrounding a freshkill and devouring it. How could these carnivorous swamp monsters bethought of as English?37
"flesh alive and tear it"
denigrating language towards lubbers (poor white trash)
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- Jan 2024
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genius.com genius.com
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take care of T-C-B
some may hear the mondegreen T-C-P which confusingly leaves R-E-S-E meaning nothing.
The initials T-C-B most likely mean "Take Care of Business", which fits in with some of the other variations of Franklin's version including:
"Ooh, your kisses, sweeter than honey<br /> And guess what? So is my money"
which equates kisses as being on par with her earnings, for which she expects "propers" (aka props, or proper respect).
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- Mar 2023
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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The old saying "a bad penny always turns up" is a colloquial recognition of Gresham's Law.
The colloquialism "a bad penny always turns up" is recognition of Gresham's law because the bad (cheap) pennies will be in higher circulation compared with purer or more valuable copper pennies which will have been hoarded or left circulation.
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- Feb 2023
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www.washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com
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Internet ‘algospeak’ is changing our language in real time, from ‘nip nops’ to ‘le dollar bean’ by [[Taylor Lorenz]]
shifts in language and meaning of words and symbols as the result of algorithmic content moderation
instead of slow semantic shifts, content moderation is actively pushing shifts of words and their meanings
article suggested by this week's Dan Allosso Book club on Pirate Enlightenment
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- Sep 2022
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theconversation.com theconversation.com
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The classic local greeting is “Fit like?”, the stereotypical answer being “Jist tyaavin awaa”, (“Just struggling along”).
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- May 2022
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle
I've been hearing this phrase more lately. Today was the third or fourth time in about two weeks.
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- Mar 2022
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2022.pressedconf.org 2022.pressedconf.org
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Grades were the only thing keeping me inside the LMS. I went gradeless, and embraced the freedom of the www outside the LMS, using a WordPress site as the main platform, with student blogs and many other digital tools integrated into an online or “mask-to-mask” course.
My first time seeing "mask-to-mask" in lieu of face to face.
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