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Anon is unhappy with the English language (media.piefed.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

Skill issue

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

> Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

What the fuck was John Greenday smoking when he wrote this? Who sticks forks into roads?

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] lyrial@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 week ago

Nobody gives me the raspberry!

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago

Jam = sticky

Sticky things clog. Jam when it gets stuck somewhere thickens as it dries into a rubbery mess.

Hence the concept of something being "jammed" becoming synonymous with clogged, blocked, disrupted.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago

Then you have my language where poison and marriage is the same word, lol.