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I claim that all the terms where "of X" is usually appended are only used poetically. When someone says "the herd seems unsettled today", you know they're a fa
by Symbiote 3y ago
I claim that all the terms where "of X" is usually appended are only used poetically.
When someone says "the herd seems unsettled today", you know they're a farmer worried about their cows.
No-one looks outside their office window and says "what's that murder up to?"
- jl6 3y agoPoetic use is a distant second behind “did you know” articles.
- Mordisquitos 3y ago> No-one looks outside their office window and says "what's that murder up to?" To be fair, if I were to see a group of crows outside my office, that is exactly the kind of thing I might say to my apathy of coworkers for amusement.
- BerislavLopac 3y agoTIL that a group of coworkers is called "an apathy".
- raldi 3y agoWhat about a school of fish?