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Spitting/splitting image
A C Bowden
03/17/25 12:31 AM
I had thought that 'splitting' was the earlier form, in the sense of something splitting into two identical copies. This was the form my parents used, long before the satirical British TV show Spitting Image, which I thought was an altered spelling. It seems, however, that 'spitting image' is older than 'splitting image', and comes from an even earlier form 'spit and image'. Maybe 'splitting image' was influenced by the idea of a 'split image' in a camera.
Any comments?
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CAP I.D. - shows a baseball fan's preferred team
wofahulicodoc
03/16/25 11:30 PM
SAPID
PRONUNCIATION: (SAP-id)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having a pleasant taste or flavor.
2. Pleasant; engaging; stimulating.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sapidus (tasty), from sapere (to taste). Earliest documented use: 1634.
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STAPID - like the innermost bone of the middle ear
USA PID - pelvic inflammatory disease in the United States
SAPIN - a fastener used in the southern part of the Western Hemisphere to affix a hat to a woman's hair
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Talks were frank...
A C Bowden
03/11/25 05:58 PM
Sir Keir Starmer
Said "The Ukrainians need more armour".
"To hell with them", Trump declared.
Macron replied "Vous êtes plein de merde!"
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