Zagam

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

This week it's Dracula From Huston.

https://youtu.be/_eAQXdsrDnk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Gotta earn that crysknife dude.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Shit. I blame it on the massive dose of NyQuil I was on at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I'm surprised they're still around.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Is that Ralphy from A Christmas Story?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (10 children)

I got a buck says it was some moron that doesn't (or didn't) know the difference between fertility clinic and abortion clinic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Actually it's not even good for that. Too much polyester.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Ha. To be fair, it was a joke gift, and I've only worn it once, to the givers house. I only keep it because every now and then I leave it out when we're going out to tease my wife.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)

"Military personnel might use "86" to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., "That old radio got 86'd") or ending a plan or mission (e.g., "The op was 86'd due to bad weather"). It's not an official term in military doctrine or manuals, but it's part of the informal jargon and culture of soldiers, sailors, and airmen due to its common and frequent use, and is a concept military members are assumed to understand, although it originates in broader civilian language."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/eighty-six-meaning-origin

Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang meaning that an item was sold out. There is varying anecdotal evidence about why the term eighty-six was used, but the most common theory is that it is rhyming slang for nix.https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/eighty-six-meaning-origin

Words can change meanings. Language is fluid.