fyi, hosepipe == garden hose
first time ive heard this british word
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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BTW, it's wild to me that this is the first time you're learning of the word hosepipe.
As an USian I always thought it meant spigot - the place where you connect a hose. But the Lost in the Pond YT channel taught me what it is.
oh damn, thanks! it also marks 2 years of uptime of this instance.
ive probably heard it in passing on tv shows.. i have a ton of british media, but this is first time i think i was consciously considering the word
Probably because it’s not a word
Meanwhile, my supplier, Southern Water, lose tens of millions of litres of water every day through leaks they 'don't have the money to repair', while happily throwing out enormous bonuses.
So you'll forgive me if I tell them to stuff it up their arseholes, so I can continue having nice flowers in my garden, in a world where everything else feels like it's falling to shit.