cm0002@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAt least we kept bLuEmAGa from being in power! That would have been MUCH worse!/slemmy.worldimagemessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up1913arrow-down187cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1826arrow-down1imageAt least we kept bLuEmAGa from being in power! That would have been MUCH worse!/slemmy.worldcm0002@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square245fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·2 days agoI’ve heard that before, but tow the line, as in to pull something by a tether, makes contextual sense to me. Folks are doing work trying to carry that argument.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 days agoThe phrase is authoritarian. As in “you’d better get your toes on the line I just drew in the dirt, or I’m gonna hang ya, boy.”
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoDidn’t know that, thanks!
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI do love it when you can justify using a different homophone than the etymologically correct one. “eggcorns”. You can really do some fun ones. For all intensive purposes, they’re pretty much equivalent.
I’ve heard that before, but tow the line, as in to pull something by a tether, makes contextual sense to me. Folks are doing work trying to carry that argument.
The phrase is authoritarian. As in “you’d better get your toes on the line I just drew in the dirt, or I’m gonna hang ya, boy.”
Didn’t know that, thanks!
I do love it when you can justify using a different homophone than the etymologically correct one.
“eggcorns”. You can really do some fun ones. For all intensive purposes, they’re pretty much equivalent.