MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 27 days ago21 November 2024sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1image21 November 2024sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 27 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoAh! I did not know the expression, haha! Cheers!
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days 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-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days 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!
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!