#colloquialism — Public Fediverse posts
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Is there or can anyone think of an appropriate name for repeated citation without providing a source?
For example the extreme ridiculousness of the following article on using bash libraries in scripting where every second sentence is something like "Over 90% of development teams utilize version control systems", or "According to a recent survey, 75% of developers prioritize comprehensive documentation when selecting libraries".
The entire article is full of them, and I estimate the length of the article could be reduced by 1/3 to 1/2 if they were removed.
https://moldstud.com/articles/p-step-by-step-guide-to-getting-started-with-bash-libraries
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Is there or can anyone think of an appropriate name for repeated citation without providing a source?
For example the extreme ridiculousness of the following article on using bash libraries in scripting where every second sentence is something like "Over 90% of development teams utilize version control systems", or "According to a recent survey, 75% of developers prioritize comprehensive documentation when selecting libraries".
The entire article is full of them, and I estimate the length of the article could be reduced by 1/3 to 1/2 if they were removed.
https://moldstud.com/articles/p-step-by-step-guide-to-getting-started-with-bash-libraries
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Linguistic observation: over the past year or so I've noticed a massive increase in the number of people who say "thank you so much" as opposed to "thanks very much" or even just "cheers". This is in the English Midlands region. Curious as to where this trend has come from. #uk #linguistics #EnglishLanguage #colloquialism
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“I throw down on people who want to throw up.”
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“I throw down on people who want to throw up.”
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A tmesis is abso-freakin-lutely the coolest feature of the English language you don't know exists
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/tmesis-origins
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Bless your heart. | Bless her heart. | Bless his heart.
What does it mean?
What is the [likely] origin of the phrase, as #colloquialism? -
Bless your heart. | Bless her heart. | Bless his heart.
What does it mean?
What is the [likely] origin of the phrase, as #colloquialism? -
CW: Creeping gunga
My mom calls the sickness that goes around this time of year the "creeping gunga." I couldn't find anything about it online, but I am laying miserably in bed beside an equally miserable library science student, who turned up a solitary reference to "creeping gombu," also Midwestern.
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CW: Creeping gunga
My mom calls the sickness that goes around this time of year the "creeping gunga." I couldn't find anything about it online, but I am laying miserably in bed beside an equally miserable library science student, who turned up a solitary reference to "creeping gombu," also Midwestern.
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#ShadyVance (#JDVance) isn't just out to get #ChildlessCatLadies — his #weird #plans target #dogpeople and #grandmas, too.
The #selfstyled #expert on the #ladies now claims "#normal" #women don't care about #reproductiverights!
— To use a #Southern #Colloquialism: #Hogwash.
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#ShadyVance (#JDVance) isn't just out to get #ChildlessCatLadies — his #weird #plans target #dogpeople and #grandmas, too.
The #selfstyled #expert on the #ladies now claims "#normal" #women don't care about #reproductiverights!
— To use a #Southern #Colloquialism: #Hogwash.
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#englishlanguage #english #language #slang #colloquialism #common #uk #onlyfoolsandhorses #comedy #funny
“Pillock, Pratt, Plonker and Tosspot.”
Put together they sound like a team of Victorian lawyers… -
#englishlanguage #english #language #slang #colloquialism #common #uk #onlyfoolsandhorses #comedy #funny
“Pillock, Pratt, Plonker and Tosspot.”
Put together they sound like a team of Victorian lawyers… -
Just pondering the difference between singular and plural abstract amounts and whether there is some kind of regional difference between them
In Australia, we often use an uncountable plural: we will say ‘shitloads’, ‘tons’ or ‘heaps’
I associate ‘loads’ with UK usage in contexts where AU we’d say ‘lots’
I associate the singular with US usage: ‘a crapload’, ‘a ton’
Because of metric usage I have often had to spell it ‘tonne’ because I have not been able to convince editing clients that the spelling should reflect a semantic difference between a measurable tonne and the figurative ton
‘tonne’ is pronounced with a short o
‘ton’ is pronounced with a short uAnd ‘a ton’ or more commonly ‘the ton’, pronounced ‘tun’ cf. the historical social elite) is a common AU colloquialism for ‘100’
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@hacks4pancakes #IfyouDontKnowNowYouKnow "#Gaslighting is a #colloquialism, loosely defined as #manipulating someone so as to make them question their own #reality. The term derives from the title of the 1944 #American film #Gaslight, which was based on the 1938 British theatre play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton, though the term did not gain popular currency in #English until the mid-2010s"
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@hacks4pancakes #IfyouDontKnowNowYouKnow "#Gaslighting is a #colloquialism, loosely defined as #manipulating someone so as to make them question their own #reality. The term derives from the title of the 1944 #American film #Gaslight, which was based on the 1938 British theatre play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton, though the term did not gain popular currency in #English until the mid-2010s"
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CW: Naughty word
"If you want to fuck with the eagles, you have to learn to fly."
—Heathers (film 1989), Veronica, writing in her diaryIs this the earliest use of the term "fuck with" to mean to befriend or interact with in positive, collaborative, or mutually supportive way? #slang #colloquialism
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People in the UK are so entertained by the country's numerous colloquialisms for bread.
For some reason.
