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FYI, the saying is "champing at the bit", it comes from horses being restrained.
by danpalmer 9mo ago
FYI, the saying is "champing at the bit", it comes from horses being restrained.
- mylifeandtimes 9mo agohey, I appreciate your love of language and sharing with us. I'm wondering if we couldn't re-think "bit" to the computer science usage instead of the thing that goes in the horse's mouth, and what it would mean for an AI agent to "champ at the bit"? What new sayings will we want?
- nilamo 9mo agoByting at the bit?
- odo1242 9mo agochomping at the bit
- danpalmer 9mo agoActually it was originally "champing" – to grind or gnash teeth. The "chomping" (to bite) alternative cropped up more recently as people misheard and misunderstood, but it's generally accepted as an alternative now.
- kortilla 9mo agoIt’s actually accepted as the primary now and telling people about “champing” is just seen as archaic.
- danpalmer 9mo agoDo you have a source on this, or a definition for what it means to be "primary" here? All I can find is sources confirming that "champing" is the original and more technically correct, but that "chomping" is an accepted variant.
- odo1242 9mo agoI see
- jasinjames 9mo agoHuh. I never knew "champing" was the proper spelling [0] [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2016/06/09/605796769/chew-on-this-is-it-chomping-or-champing https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2016/06/09/605796769/che...