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Temporal anomaly

I often say stupid things which is one reason I try to keep quiet. I’m especially prone to foot-in-mouth disease when around my children, but with them I don’t have the luxury of remaining silent: I must do my parental duty and tell them like it is. Sometimes I say things so exceedingly stupid that [...]

In Language on 18 February 2005 with Comments Off

Russian speakers take note

What the hell does полохматить бабушку mean? This apparent slang expression showed up on Twinkler and I spent some time searching high and low on the Interweb looking for clues to its meaning.
Bабушкa means grandmother and the form бабушку indicates something happens to grandmother. Meanwhile, полохматить appears to be a slang verb. Given the nature [...]

In Language on 9 December 2004 with no comments