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Colloquially tuna fish refers to the shredded salt brined tins of fish like this:
Which I do think is worth distinguishing from the actual whole pieces of tuna
So a tuna can...? Canned Tuna? Canned Fish?
"Tuna Fish" is still redundant and doesn't actually address the can
Yes, language evolves haphazardly and often doesn't make literal sense.
Alright, that's my 2 cents. I'll catch you on the flipside.
How old is the “2 cents” figure of speech? Why hasn’t it adjusted with inflation?
The concept could be as old as the New Testament, but apparently this specific phrasing is from the early 1900s, so it'd be about 60-70¢ now depending on which year you want to pick.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/two-cents-and-sensibility/
Flipside of what? Are we flipping coins, and you will see us underneath the coins?
Like how using the word "literally" somehow became not literal.
I want the destroy those people. Literally.
Notably, "literally" added its figurative meaning literally^[literally, not figuratively] centuries ago.
I don't disagree with you but I don't control American English. I imagine both head cheese and sweetbreads would also upset you
Maybe try harder. Be the change you want to see in the world. I don't necessarily believe in you but I'm sure someone does! And in the end that's all the motivation you need.
One of my favorite pair of words that don't get used much anymore is sweetmeat and sweetbread, with the former being candy and the latter being animal pancreas.
The etymology is that meat (from mete) just meant food, and bread (from bræd) meant flesh. Sweet used to mean a more generalized pleasant taste or sensation, rather than more specifically sugary.
Wait till you hear about “soda pop”
"I want a coke. No not that one - the Mountain Dew!"
I see you’ve also been to Georgia
Look, Americans are genetically dumb as we all know, but I don't think Tuna Fish is necessarily a consequence of that affliction in particular. It's like saying "Sail Fish", "Sail" is not a fish, it is the canvas you put on boat masts, and "Tuna Fish" is like that I think. It's a type of fish, of the tuna kind. That said, before I go just let me take another opportunity to state that Americans are genetically dumb as we all know.
If you want to talk eugenics, Twitter is that way ->
Hahaha eugenics? Have you considered not skipping school and stop drinking lead paint? First of all it's a fucking joke, second of all, there was no mention of eugenics, thirdly, how do you think intelligence works? Magic?
I know this is a bad troll but it's also just sad that people actually are actually as retarded as you're pretending to be
So tinned tuna
No!
If I gotta use a freaking tool to open you, you, can't call yourself tinned!
Why do they need to specify it's in water? It's a fish, of course it needs to be in water.
Some are in oil, but as BP learned, this kills the crab.
Brined tuna is an abomination before God. It must be sunflower oil.