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Haha. I can't believe there is a contraction for "fixin to". I watched the PopWatch video. Hilarious. When I got to the point where he said "fidna", I didn't hear that word. I heard "fixin tuh".
That is funny about your husband.
LOL EX husband! That, among many other more serious things, was something I decided I didn't want to deal with the rest of my life!
Last night my husband and I had a conversation about the phrase "Cut the mustard." I said something about a project that didn't "cut the mustard" and my husband said "Do you mean it didn't pass muster?"
It is easily confused with "pass muster." Or, God forbid "pass the mustard," which is crazy.
Actually "Cut the mustard" has nothing to do with "passing muster" which is a military phrase. "Passing muster" means passing a rigorous inspection. "Cut the mustard" was first recorded as used by O Henry in 1907 to describe something as excellent - "It cut the mustard." Around the turn of the century "mustard" meant "cool." As in "He's mustard." (I say bring that back but whatever!)
It's actually a hard row to hoe, as in a row of a crop.
You might be thinking of skid row, which was a trail or road where logs were dragged down, usually, which became known as roads as opposed to rows.
But as far as I know, the saying "hard row to hoe" meant a situation that was difficult, like manually hoeing a row in a field that might have contained a lot of stones in the soil, etc.
I think you completely misunderstood my post. It was a response to someone else's post about a different misquote.
I'm certainly well aware of the bolded. My point was that some people say "a hard road to hoe" instead of "row".
You guyz are crazy...
Getting annoyed when someone say something that is not even offensive like "If I could tell my younger self"... Oh brother...
I don't think anyone is too seriously "annoyed". It's a light-hearted thread. We all hear overused phrases that get on our nerves after a while, but it hardly ruins our lives.
Now people who abuse punctuation, that seriously grates on me.
Another one that drives me a little crazy, is the euphemism "passed" for "died".
I did hear "passed away" when I was a kid, I guess in an attempt to shield us from the reality that we're all gonna croak eventually, but now it seems to have been shortened to just "passed" and is used all the time instead of just plainly saying somebody died.
Really? We're all adults. We know that everybody dies. Let's stop trying to skirt around the fact with nonsensical terms.
Another one that drives me a little crazy, is the euphemism "passed" for "died".
I did hear "passed away" when I was a kid, I guess in an attempt to shield us from the reality that we're all gonna croak eventually, but now it seems to have been shortened to just "passed" and is used all the time instead of just plainly saying somebody died.
Really? We're all adults. We know that everybody dies. Let's stop trying to skirt around the fact with nonsensical terms.
Yup, I use the straightforward word, “died.” Strange how it feels awkward to say the plain truth when most people use delicate phrasing such as “passed away”. Ever notice how that got shortened to just “passed”? They might as well ditch the pretense and return to the shortest, simplest word, “die.”
Even more pussyfooty is “____ is no longer with us.” Did ____ move away, unfriend the speaker, or (*GASP*) die? Mealymouth talk is ambiguous. “Die” is crystal clear.
While we’re on the topic of life phases, how do you like “She is with child”? Oh? Whose child is with her?
“The bun is in the oven” is at least humorous and colorful. If it were always used as a substitute for “she is pregnant” it would lose its cuteness really fast.
Hey, how about YOU mute your point? It's MOOT POINT.
And even when a person isn't writing this, I know they're thinking it because "mute" and "moot" don't sound the same when spoken.
Also, if you're going to talk about or invoke Satan, don't spell his name "Satin." (This I generally only see in posts - I've never heard anyone say "satin" instead of "Satan.")
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I think you completely misunderstood my post. It was a response to someone else's post about a different misquote. 
