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Speech Pathologist, Linguist, Etymologist, and beer lover. Regular musings on word origins, language change, and anything else that fits into 300 words. Creator of the Tweetionary, thousands of mini etymologies since 2009. https://tweetionary.wordpress.com
So the not-so-subtle subtext is that the poster is against people who (a) don't eat bacon, (b) don't drink alcohol, and (c) treat women as less than equal. Gosh, who could that be? Racist much?
November 18, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I do like "-ling" and "-let." For many years, I've called my wife,"my little pikelet," as a personal affection. And I wish I'd been pretentious enough to call my children "younglings."
November 18, 2024 at 1:26 PM