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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

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I have felt like Damocles since January. 🗡️

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee
#allusions

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee
#allusions

lil1inblue Ok, now I'm curious. Growing up, I always heard the term back-handed compliment - does that derive from left-handed compliment? Is it meant to be the "PC" term for it? ? 3w

Bookwomble That time when my daughter was about 6 years old and said to my mum after kissing her, "I love you grandma, but you are prickly!" Luckily mum thought it was hilarious and said she'd wax her top lip in future! ? 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue You bring up an excellent point. I tried to research and the best I could find was the “left-handed compliment“ has been around a lot longer (due to that idea of “left“ meaning “evil“), but “backhanded“ also has negative origins in the fact that it originated as a “backslap“ instead of a direct one ... it still hurts! 💛💜🧡 3w

dabbe @Bookwomble Your mum is FABUL💛OUS ... as is your daughter! 💛💜🧡 3w

CSeydel @lil1inblue Same! I‘ve never heard “left handed compliment” before, although I know left-handedness has long been associated with things being wrong or bad (eg, “sinister”, “gauche”, etc.) I suppose it‘s like how my kids‘ generation grew up only hearing “criss cross applesauce” and never … well, you know. 3w

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee
#weirdwords
#allusions

Never was an allusion more important to WAKE up and pay attention to. #imho

Lin3han Allusions and allegories are both very important! It all reminds me of a little allegory like

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dabbe @Lin3han Oh boy, you hit that on the head! 4w

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I wish our country could have a deus ex machina moment where we would be miraculously whisked out of this hell we are currently in and placed in an eden-like paradise. 🧞‍♂️

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AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 2mo

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CBee I‘ll take it! And thanks for posting, as I forgot 🤪 #scrambledbrain 2mo

dabbe @CBee I adore your #scrambledbrain 💛🤎🧡 2mo

CBee @dabbe golly 💚💚💚 thank you lovely friend!!! 2mo

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#breadandcircuses

Hmmm ... wonder if our current government is doing anything like this these days? Actually, come to think of it, I don't think they even care to keep us entertained while they do heinous things; nowadays, they just blatantly do it. #ranttime

CBee They don‘t give a shit about anyone‘s “entertainment” but their own 😡 3mo

dabbe @CBee Couldn't have said it better! 🩵🎯🩵 3mo

lil1inblue Excellent allusion this week! I don't think they care anymore if the circus is entertaining, so long as it is distracting. So they can do even more heinous things while we're busy. 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue “Distracting“ explains it perfectly! 🩵🎯🩵 3mo

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