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I Got Shit To Do

Few expressions are capable of meaning one thing as well as its opposite. Such is the case with “I got shit to do”. The difference in meaning can be conveyed through emphasis. Saying “I got shit to do” means
I have many things to do
Whereas “I got shit to do”, spoken with an upward inflection on [...]

Posted 07 March 2010 † Christopher § Expressions ‡ Comments (0) °

Bass (The Sound and the Fish)

By a simple shift in pronunciation, from the AH to the AY, you get a wild shift in meaning. “Bass” the sound (or the instrument) sounds like what it is; and “bass” the fish is such a simple-sounding word, how could it be anything but a fish? And because the meanings are so different, it’s [...]

Posted 28 April 2009 † Christopher § Nouns ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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