@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 3 days agoThe phrase "mild-mannered" is meant to convey that nobody would suspect they are a superhero, but nowadays it is exclusively associated with secret superheroesmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down15
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareThe phrase "mild-mannered" is meant to convey that nobody would suspect they are a superhero, but nowadays it is exclusively associated with secret superheroes@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-3•2 days agoKinda like the word “delicacy”, which only ever refers to nasty indigenous food you must pretend to enjoy to avoid offending them.
Kinda like the word “delicacy”, which only ever refers to nasty indigenous food you must pretend to enjoy to avoid offending them.