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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months ago" ‘Waterloo’ means a complete and utter defeat. The French Emperor Napoleon lost everything at the Battle of Waterloo." “Why did he go there, if the town had such an unlucky name?”
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI have to admit that that’s an expression I’ve only heard in US circles. As an expression in England, it, well, has no meaning. We kicked some guy’s arse and lost our best general.
" ‘Waterloo’ means a complete and utter defeat. The French Emperor Napoleon lost everything at the Battle of Waterloo."
“Why did he go there, if the town had such an unlucky name?”
I have to admit that that’s an expression I’ve only heard in US circles. As an expression in England, it, well, has no meaning. We kicked some guy’s arse and lost our best general.
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