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   Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 04:20:36 JST Fesshole 🧻

   My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings

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     Ænðr E. Feldstraw (aeveltstra@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 04:31:28 JST Ænðr E. Feldstraw

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     @fesshole lmao!

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     nicky (skoombidoombis@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 05:07:27 JST nicky

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     @fesshole did she confuse the saying with being quartered by horses? Hmmm…

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     Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤 (sloanlance@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 05:42:55 JST Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤

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     @fesshole
     You just HAD to ruin it, didn't you?

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     Sassinake! - ⊃∪∩⪽ (sassinake@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 08:32:47 JST Sassinake! - ⊃∪∩⪽

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     @fesshole

     👀

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     Graham C (adamantichrist@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 10:18:25 JST Graham C

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     @fesshole Boomers in Australia used to say "X can be blowed" when they didn't like "X". A few years ago my mum said "blow him" referring to some stranger doing something she didn't approve of. I pointed out that the expression may have outlived its usefulness.

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     sarpau (sarpau@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 15:44:03 JST sarpau

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     @fesshole Same sort of thing my mum (a very religious scots woman) used to say crap much to my brother and I surprise that was until I explained what it means

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     John (mrkeen@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Nov-2025 17:46:02 JST John

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     @fesshole how embarrassing. She clearly meant "hanged like a horse"!