Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoWhat Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Littlethewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down15
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minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-21 day agoLanguage, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.
minus-squareAmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 day agoChamping at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I’ve never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoIt’s chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it’s eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.
Language, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.
It’s literally the worst.
Champing at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I’ve never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.
It’s chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it’s eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.