Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Some words have simply entered common use and become decoupled from their former meaning. Maybe your acquaintance was right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Watching my own language means my "acquaintance" was right? I don't think I'm the one with a stick, if that's the case.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Seems like Orwell was right