MrSebSinM to The Far Side · 3 months ago21 November 2024imagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10
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minus-squarefibojolylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAh! I did not know the expression, haha! Cheers!
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s a weird one. An expurgation of a word that’s not remotely vulgar. Halfway to Cockney rhyming slang, where a common phrase has a tangential substitution.
minus-squarefibojolylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoCockney was my first thought as well but it’s not it, is it? It’s more like shizzle rhymes, you know? A playful messing with words. Words, shmords!
Beesness was right there!
But that’s none of your beeswax.
Ah! I did not know the expression, haha! Cheers!
It’s a weird one. An expurgation of a word that’s not remotely vulgar. Halfway to Cockney rhyming slang, where a common phrase has a tangential substitution.
Cockney was my first thought as well but it’s not it, is it? It’s more like shizzle rhymes, you know? A playful messing with words. Words, shmords!