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It's a wry/sarcastic idiom, like calling the Atlantic Ocean "the pond". Nobody actually thinks the Atlantic Ocean is a pond.
by billskills 10y ago
It's a wry/sarcastic idiom, like calling the Atlantic Ocean "the pond". Nobody actually thinks the Atlantic Ocean is a pond.
- overcast 10y agoCalling the Atlantic "the pond" is so cringe worthy. Why that ever caught on.
- reddit_clone 10y agoThat probably comes from the 'English Understatement' school of thought.