MetaFilter posts tagged with phrase

Hen Kerlien

Greg Nog — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:49:36 -0800

Hen Kerlien (or, hěn kě lián). For when an anglophone needs a phrase that suggests a child walking alone in the world.

Begging The Question

amyms — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:09:47 -0800

I don’t understand the term “begs the question.” I know I use it incorrectly—or so I’ve been told—but I don’t know what I’m supposedly doing wrong. Can you explain? The Morning News' The Non-Expert tackles "the phrase that nobody understands."

the dog ate mother's toes

woil — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:40:25 -0800

Dave Barry posts a letter in his weblog encouraging users to submit poems to poetry.com containing the phrase "the dog ate mother's toes" under the penname of Freemont. Hilarity Ensues.

American slangorama

blissbat — Sun, 08 Dec 2002 16:59:56 -0800

Not sure if someone wants to beat you, or is asking for a date? Literal vreakdowns of American slang, including explanations of expressions found in movies and pop music. Don't miss the the literally Boschian body-parts slang or the insults, including the classic "I hate you, and if a horse had brought you here, I'd hate it just as much, if not more."

condour75 — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:09:36 -0800

Imagine my glee in finding Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable online and searchable. Then, imagine my glee in finding out that Tom and Jerry have a non-animated past. AND they're a drink. AND they're a play!
They (the originals, that is) used to be wildly popular. Now they're all but forgotten, except in cat / mouse form. What wildly popular "works" will our great grandchildren forget completely? (I had to wash my cache out with soap after that last one)