voytek709@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?voytek709@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoIn this line of thought I like how “tool” is something useful in its primary meaning, but derogatory when used about a person.
minus-squareRegalPotoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·36 minutes agoSort of, there is a parallel derivation where tool can be an innuendo for penis (“used his tool”), so describing someone as a tool is a slightly less vulgar way of calling someone a dick; unrefined, rude, obnoxious.
In this line of thought I like how “tool” is something useful in its primary meaning, but derogatory when used about a person.
Sort of, there is a parallel derivation where tool can be an innuendo for penis (“used his tool”), so describing someone as a tool is a slightly less vulgar way of calling someone a dick; unrefined, rude, obnoxious.