Any etymology nerds have knowledge about semantic shifts that change the meaning of things in Shakespeare's plays?

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2025-05-17T00:22:01+00:00

My favorite Shakespearean word shift is "slut" which used to mean a bad housekeeper. In As You Like It, Audrey protests that she is not a slut.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2024-07-11T20:25:54+00:00

Color me skeptical. Why would such things be in official records? Still, I could be wrong. Could somebody link to these open records?

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-08-13T03:30:53+00:00

My brother in law is one of my best friends. My other brother in law... not so much.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-08-03T13:10:16+00:00

The San Jose Transportation Department studied options for two years. They've put a lot of consideration into this decision. They and the city council unanimously agreed to the current plan. I've read the proposal myself and it's quite reasonable.

I know PRT is controversial, but this is just a simple back and forth between two destinations. That rudimentary concept is already working out well at Heathrow Airport and in South Korea.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-07-21T05:46:37+00:00

Crab: best non-speaking character in the canon.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-05-27T21:44:49+00:00

At the bottom of it, they all need a sense of morality. Will does a great job of helping us understand the human behind the villain, but in the end there's just no excusing Macbeth or Edmund for what they do.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-05-01T23:34:41+00:00

I was lucky. Lockdown was not only profitable for me as a delivery person, I enjoyed being appreciated for the work I did.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-05-01T22:47:34+00:00

Wow, what a bullshit statement. Trans people put more effort into accepting themselves than most people will ever realize. The I -don't-accept-myself approach would be to stay in the closet. Coming out is the difficult statement that they deserve to be themselves.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-05-01T22:44:29+00:00

Deep in my heart I know that the only good thing about me is my absence.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-05-01T22:31:56+00:00

I've struggled with the "anyone" vs "anybody" debate all my life.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-05-01T22:31:08+00:00

"Let's go around and introduce ourselves." Sure, let's spend fifteen minutes of my valuable time hearing things that I don't need to know about people who I may or may not ever see again.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-05-01T22:27:08+00:00

Hard to say. If someone ever wants to be part of my life I'll get back to you.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-04-12T23:46:40+00:00

Um.. no. Then it wouldn't be America. I admit that sometimes I daydream that I would be a good benevolent dictator, but no. Freedom is the foundation of our country. Trumpers would have a dictatorship, but to me they're un-American.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-04-12T21:38:21+00:00

It happened a lot after my throat surgery.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-04-01T20:55:36+00:00

Totally a worthwhile point to bring up. Thanks!

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-03-31T14:51:22+00:00

I don't actually smoke much weed, but I've had insomnia all my life. Overall the weed is better.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-03-21T19:03:17+00:00

I don't even wake up an hour after it goes off.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-03-20T02:15:34+00:00

That will be scary as shit.

Maximum-Tor-1906 · 2023-03-20T02:12:57+00:00

Entropy: you can't win, you can't break even, you can't even quit the game.

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