silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoChief Witness Against Gaetz Is Cooperating With House Ethics Investigationwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squareDjinn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months ago kid’s gloves It’s “kid gloves.” It refers to gloves made of kid leather, the skin of a young goat. Not a child’s glove. https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/origin-of-phrase-with-kid-gloves
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoit’s a joke, Matt Gaetz rapes kids and sells kids to be raped
minus-squarej_roby@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThanks. Apparently I’ve been saying that phrase wrong my whole life… I’m going to leave the comment as-is tho for the unintentional pun it created.
It’s “kid gloves.” It refers to gloves made of kid leather, the skin of a young goat. Not a child’s glove.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/origin-of-phrase-with-kid-gloves
it’s a joke, Matt Gaetz rapes kids and sells kids to be raped
So gloves made from kids?
Thanks. Apparently I’ve been saying that phrase wrong my whole life…
I’m going to leave the comment as-is tho for the unintentional pun it created.