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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoFun trivia, sometimes turn of phrases can come about differently, especially when they mean different things. Unless you can tie it together with something better than “somehow got twisted” you really shouldn’t claim that’s the origin.
minus-squareRattlerSix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI can assure you that I have better things to do in life than sit at a computer making up origins of common phrases https://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/
Fun trivia, sometimes turn of phrases can come about differently, especially when they mean different things. Unless you can tie it together with something better than “somehow got twisted” you really shouldn’t claim that’s the origin.
I can assure you that I have better things to do in life than sit at a computer making up origins of common phrases
https://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/