Shadow@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoStare of the void ...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoI re-read my comment and it makes sense to me. Have you seen the trailer in question?
minus-squaredismay3915@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWhat is a nutter? What is a fruitcake? what’s a dead ringer?
minus-squarekrellor@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoDead ringer is an exact look a like. A clone. Nutter and fruitcake are terms for someone crazy.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWait, to nut is to wank but a nutter isn’t a wanker?
minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoNutter, nut and nutcase have been used to refer to crazy people for a lot longer than nut has been used to refer to wanking
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI am wondering the etymogy of the slang usage now. What about nuts did people look at an go “yeah that can apply to people who are mentally unwell?” Was it the fact a walnut kinda resembles a brain? 🤔
minus-squaresfxrlz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoAh so that’s why that items called that in tf2. Or is it the other way around ? :D
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoNot just American (I’m not American). Dead ringer isn’t really slang, it’s just an idiom. I’m curious what variety of English you speak?
minus-squaredismay3915@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThe non-native english. Learnt something today.
I re-read my comment and it makes sense to me. Have you seen the trailer in question?
What is a nutter? What is a fruitcake? what’s a dead ringer?
Dead ringer is an exact look a like. A clone.
Nutter and fruitcake are terms for someone crazy.
Wait, to nut is to wank but a nutter isn’t a wanker?
Nutter, nut and nutcase have been used to refer to crazy people for a lot longer than nut has been used to refer to wanking
I am wondering the etymogy of the slang usage now. What about nuts did people look at an go “yeah that can apply to people who are mentally unwell?”
Was it the fact a walnut kinda resembles a brain? 🤔
Ah so that’s why that items called that in tf2. Or is it the other way around ? :D
They’re american slang?
Not just American (I’m not American).
Dead ringer isn’t really slang, it’s just an idiom. I’m curious what variety of English you speak?
The non-native english. Learnt something today.
I’m Canadian and I understood
american/uk