• honeyontoast@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    They must have been really desperate to make that jab because “slipping up” has been a common phrase for decades (at least in the UK). So the “up” has been dropped and we’re left with “slipping”, if it takes a native English speaker more than ten seconds to work it out I’d be worried for their cognition.

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      11 months ago

      Even more relevant, “you’ll never catch me slipping” in some form has been a common phrase in rap/hip hop since the 80s, meaning to be caught off guard (obviously).

      I have no idea why they decided to look foolish by defining such a common word