What does the “knee-jerk” part of the phrase “knee-jerk liberal refer to? Or, in other words, what is a liberal like myself supposedly jerking her knees about?
It makes me imagine a form of folk dance with lots of bouncing involved. And little bands of bells around the ankles to jingle while those knees are doing [...]
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I was just wondering:
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged folk dance, knee-jerk liberals, language, liberal, meanings, phrases on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
refining my vocabulary
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged clean, cleanse, dictionaries, meanings, words on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was washing the dishes earlier today (one of my least favorite chores) and I started to think about the word “clean” along with the word “cleanse” and how they mean pretty much the same thing don’t they, or do they have a difference in meaning, and why do we have both words, and what’s the essential difference between the two [...]
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