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Languages are descriptive, not proscriptive. "Get Laid" is an idiom from the 50s. 60 years later we can safely call it part of the language. At this point you'r
by gte910h 14y ago
Languages are descriptive, not proscriptive. "Get Laid" is an idiom from the 50s. 60 years later we can safely call it part of the language. At this point you're doing the equivalent of bitching that email isn't capitalized anymore.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=get+laid http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=get+laid
- jrockway 14y agoIt's correct as a synonym for fucking, but it's not a correct way of saying you etched traces on a circuit board, which is what this article is trying to do.
- gte910h 14y agoIt's a correct synonym for fucking readily identifiable as a pun and double entendre for laying out a circuit board. I request you swap to trying to make another language dowdy and unfun. I (and most English speakers the world over) love its capacity for wordplay.