Optional@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.world · 2 months agoPrimal Instinctslemmy.worldimagemessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1388arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoSaw that. Looked it up in case it was me who had been misusing it my entire life (fortunately, i had not) but the etymology was interesting. Middle English chokkefull, probably from choken to choke + full Pretty sure they didn’t have push lawnmowers like we do, what else has a choke?
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoEquivalent of “stuffed to the gills”
Saw that. Looked it up in case it was me who had been misusing it my entire life (fortunately, i had not) but the etymology was interesting.
Pretty sure they didn’t have push lawnmowers like we do, what else has a choke?
a pre-heimlich esophagus.
Equivalent of “stuffed to the gills”