Breakfast = break fast (as in fasting) :)
Now explain why some people are “down for things” while others are “up for it”
Why do you park in a driveway and drive in a parkway? What is the deal?
This reminds me of the time I had a co-worker tell me “That’s why they call it ‘work’. 'Cause you’re working!”
I mean it’s more that it’s “working” because it’s “work”
Wait until you find out “bottoms up” isn’t about a group of people taking an elevator to get mimosas
Brave of you to post this
Shhh! Nobody tell them about “inside out.”
No, it’s the opposite!
Wait, what is the opposite?
Wait until you learn the news is new.
In French, it’s also the same origin (nouvelles = news; nouvelle/nouveau = new)
Damnit someone just last week told me it was an acronym for notable events weather and sports but this makes more sense
Walking backwards is also called “penis-side butt” in some languages.
How else would one interpret it?
Downside up?
Down on the upside
Yes! So glad someone else though of this 😎
I think the pronunciation, specifically the blending of the end of “upside” and beginning of “down”, turns it into one of those compound words that your brain interprets as an independent word, rather than a combination of its composite parts.
It’s not really that I interpret it in another way, but I never really thought about the structure of the word 😅
Go further. For example, people say ‘gypped’ without knowing it’s a pejorative reference to the word ‘Gypsy’ which is itself a pejorative of the Romani.
I remember learning this about 20ish years ago and telling my then-sister in law about it when I explained why I wasn’t going to use it anymore. I got told I had a stick up my ass, and this was by a marginalized (gay, immigrant) woman. (Somewhat unrelated note - very grateful she’s a former relation.)
So glad people have been learning and I’ve been hearing “gypped” less and less in recent years.
And the Egyptians, too!
My favorite recently is sophist from the pejorative Platonic definition. It really puts words like sophisticated in a different etymological light and subtle contextual meaning.
What’s sophist mean?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist_(dialogue)
Fake but convincing by argument, gaslighting, etc., generally by someone in a position like a professor, a judge, or a politician.
I’ve definitely had a similar feeling with band names and brand names, etc. You’re just so used to hearing them that they are their own thing without being the component words that the name contains.
Ha same
Yeah, actually I had never thought about the structure of the word either. Thanks for the great shower thought!
I’ve had similar realizations about words like “across” and “again”.
I get “across”, but what about again?
“A gain” as in one more. Gain meaning “an increase in amount”
A gain. In addition to.
Once you get a handle on inside out you can check out this ok go song
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Well, yeah. That’s… how words work?
Good grief…
Glad you finally made it to the party! Meaning we’ve all been having a party that you just made it to.
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