“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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hobnob
from Webster's:
Hobnob and Shakespeare
Hob and nob first came together in print in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, when Sir Toby Belch warns Viola (who is disguised as a man) that Sir Andrew wants to duel. "Hob, nob is his word," says Sir Toby, using hob and nob to mean something like "hit or miss." Sir Toby's words are probably from the term habnab (also styled as a phrase: hab or nab), which meant "in one way or another" or "however it may turn out." After Shakespeare's day, hob and nob became established in the phrase to drink hobnob (also styled as to drink hob or nob), which meant "to drink alternately to each other." Since "drinking hobnob" was generally done among friends, hobnob came to refer to congenial social interaction.
It wasn't until I started gardening that I realized people were saying:
"Tough row to hoe".
Always baffled me. I sort of pictured some sort of Lot Lizard.
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Son, you need to work up a grubstake and get out on your own.
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There are a bunch of theories about its origin, most disputed, none authoritative that I can find, except that it is a substitution for the more abrupt "mind your business".
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Tough road a hoe.
Malarkey.
Shenanigans
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Enough of these monkeyshines!
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
"Debbie Does..." from the codgers in the other thread.
Harlot
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Gadfly
hobnob
from Webster's:
Hobnob and Shakespeare
Hob and nob first came together in print in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, when Sir Toby Belch warns Viola (who is disguised as a man) that Sir Andrew wants to duel. "Hob, nob is his word," says Sir Toby, using hob and nob to mean something like "hit or miss." Sir Toby's words are probably from the term habnab (also styled as a phrase: hab or nab), which meant "in one way or another" or "however it may turn out." After Shakespeare's day, hob and nob became established in the phrase to drink hobnob (also styled as to drink hob or nob), which meant "to drink alternately to each other." Since "drinking hobnob" was generally done among friends, hobnob came to refer to congenial social interaction.
an annoying person, especially one who provokes others into action by criticism.
between you and me and the bedpost
It definitely takes a different meaning now if your buddy tells you he blew a tranny last night.
It wasn't until I started gardening that I realized people were saying:
"Tough row to hoe".
Always baffled me. I sort of pictured some sort of Lot Lizard.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Oh! There's one!
Lot Lizard.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
So, tell me, @peter4jc, since you’re a codger, do you use all these words/terms?? 😜🤣
I've expressed myself in codgerese since I was a wee lad.
Son, you need to work up a grubstake and get out on your own.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Speaking of codgers, tomorrow is @jlmarta's birthday!
@peter4jc
Now that, Mr. Schmidt, was a dirty trick. Like L’il Abner used to say, “You’re a lowdown, shif’less skonk, sir”..... 🤓
Consarnit!
tarnation!
Never you mind.
Oh that reminded me: "Mind your beeswax".
There are a bunch of theories about its origin, most disputed, none authoritative that I can find, except that it is a substitution for the more abrupt "mind your business".
Piss ant
"If brains were gasoline, yours couldn't power a piss ants go kart for a trip around the block"
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Keep your head on a swivel
Lest we forget the obvious; codger.
Persnickity
Did anybody put up cantankerous?
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
operator
Fixinta
Whippersnapper
Feller