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Kim M Murphy's avatar

Thank you, Jeff, for the primer on antisemitic buzzwords.

I’m so exhausted with claims that we scream “antisemitism” whenever somebody criticizes Israel.

Bannon terrifies me.

BTW, “rode hard and put away wet” is a perfectly OK country/horse term. It’s not sexual, but applying it to a person is not nice because it means that person looks worn out.

It’s the same with “pumping a dry hole.” I watched Threads melt down over a post using the expression to mean pursuing a pointless path.

I hate to lose either expression because they’re so on point and evocative, but word policing from the Lefty Left means we will, I fear.

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M-2024's avatar

Yeah, hard agree on the rode-hard-put-up-wet comment. It’s a thing in OK and a good way to kill a horse. (Dry hole—same.)

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max skinner's avatar

People don't read anymore; they've never seen a horse or a water or oil well pump in their lives, and they don't seem to talk with old people. The result is they do not understand common metaphors like the ones you identify and assume there is a sexual connotation at work. My grandma would have said "get your mind out of the gutter." I must note, however, that rode hard and put away wet is usually said in reference to a woman in reference to her physical appearance. That's not nice either.

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Carol Paul's avatar

Totally agree that these are metaphors from a certain time, and we are losing them…

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

I should have said that, because you’re right. It’s generally about a woman looking what my great-grandmother would have called “wore out.” People said it about Hillary all the time because of sexism.

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Lee Newberry Jones's avatar

Yes, grew up hearing these terms in the same context in small town Texas in the 60’s-70’s.

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