#colloquialism — Public Fediverse posts

Anybody familiar with the expression, "like 40 going north"?

E.g., "A little bit of coffee will clean that floor like 40 going north."

#colloquialism #expressions

@stefan please #forgive me if I mess up the #colloquialism and #feel #free to #smash it in the #comments for those not referencing #movie #parlance but #speak it #IRL

I'd be happy to #hear er #read them.

He be a wee 'mite #greedy #twat that one, eh?

#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.

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/16/jd-vance-isnt-just-out-to-get-cat-ladies--his-weird-plans-target-dog-people-and-grandmas-too/

#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…

https://news.sky.com/story/pillock-plonker-and-tosspot-among-british-insults-at-risk-of-dying-out-13132070

@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"

#TheMoreYouKnow