“Cutting to the chase”

Aug 05, 2008 12:01

I have an undying curiosity for elements of jargon and colloquialisms. Looking up the etymology for a phrase or piece of language can be tricky sometimes. I have a number of resources to look up individual words and try to dissect their origin based on the root language. Phrases, allusions, and entrenched metaphors seem to give me more trouble ( Read more... )

plot, film, random blather, boredom

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Subtitle kenfrequed August 5 2008, 17:42:44 UTC
":Ken belabors the obvious"

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