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English is weird
Morituri:
Why do people call the Republicans the "GOP"? There's not a single "grand" thing about them.
But there is one remarkable characteristic that stands out: We could call them the "OWP" because every last one of their senators are Old White People.
cesium133:
Geriatric Old Protestants?
Groaning Old Portraits?
Gravely Old Pigeons?
hedgie:
Government Of Putin
Greedy Old Pædophiles
N.N. Marf:
Not to be confused with the GPO.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: Tova on 17 Sep 2020, 22:40 ---I've decided that I prefer the term 'schmaltz' over 'saccharine' to refer to something that is excessively sentimental but that I also have a soft spot for in spite of that, purely because the latter refers to artificial sweetener (which is awful), whereas the former refers to chicken or goose fat (which is awesome*).
* In moderation as part of a balanced diet.
--- End quote ---
Sorry for digging this up a month later, but I just stumbled over this again.
In German exists the word "Schmalz". Which literally means ... lard. Pure, unadulterated fat, and (around here) typically pork fat. So, if I twist this a little, you're basically saying "everything is better with bacon", apparently even sentimentalism.
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