Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroompeople.howstuffworks.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroompeople.howstuffworks.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareNastybutler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWelp. Considering it does none of those three things, maybe it’s time for them to go the way of the buggy whip
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNot from Britain but trying to get new slang every day what is a buggy whip.
minus-squareNastybutler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoJust an example of something outdated that’s not needed anymore
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe whip used to whip the horse(s) pulling your horse-drawn buggy.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoInteresting; here in Alberta a buggy whip is a flexible (fibreglass, at least mine is) flagpole for the back of your truck.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHmm, I’m guessing that buggy whips were more like a flexible pole rather than the stereotypical Indiana Jones whip. So a thin flexible pole would make sense. Like when you’d whack your little brother with a long bendy stick when you were kids.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThank you for educating me… i do appreciate it…no sarcasm.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoI did pause for a bit, pondering if it was actually some new slang… Then decided if I’m wrong then it’s only on the internet.
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere’s no stopping the start of its rebirth in modern slang. Someone just needs to give it a new meaning.
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAh shit, they be 100% buggy whipping in their whip.
Welp. Considering it does none of those three things, maybe it’s time for them to go the way of the buggy whip
Not from Britain but trying to get new slang every day what is a buggy whip.
Just an example of something outdated that’s not needed anymore
The whip used to whip the horse(s) pulling your horse-drawn buggy.
Interesting; here in Alberta a buggy whip is a flexible (fibreglass, at least mine is) flagpole for the back of your truck.
Hmm, I’m guessing that buggy whips were more like a flexible pole rather than the stereotypical Indiana Jones whip.
So a thin flexible pole would make sense.
Like when you’d whack your little brother with a long bendy stick when you were kids.
Thank you for educating me… i do appreciate it…no sarcasm.
I did pause for a bit, pondering if it was actually some new slang…
Then decided if I’m wrong then it’s only on the internet.
There’s no stopping the start of its rebirth in modern slang. Someone just needs to give it a new meaning.
100% buggy whip, yo.
Ah shit, they be 100% buggy whipping in their whip.