[FRIAM] flattening -isms

[Russell Standish]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 12:27:39PM -0700, Nick Thompson wrote:
> 
> By the way, speaking of etymology, to be hoist by one’s own petard is to be
> ejected from one’s own saddle by the force of one’s own fart.  Look it up.

Thanks for this. I always knew that petard meant fart, since schoolboy
French anyway, but did ocasionally wonder how you get hoisted by a
fart.



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