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minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days agoHere’s an attempt at another one. If you have a short sentence that tells a tale, but has been through a few rounds of ‘telephone’… … perhaps what you have is a quip of Theseus.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoGold. I love it
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoIf one is said to ‘wax lyrical’, would this not carry forward to ‘wane gibbous’, meaning to gibber as an ape?
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days agoI think the inverse of waxing lyrical would be to wane prosaic.
Here’s an attempt at another one.
If you have a short sentence that tells a tale, but has been through a few rounds of ‘telephone’…
… perhaps what you have is a quip of Theseus.
Gold. I love it
If one is said to ‘wax lyrical’, would this not carry forward to ‘wane gibbous’, meaning to gibber as an ape?
I think the inverse of waxing lyrical would be to wane prosaic.