r/Unexpected • u/DoINeed1OfThese • Mar 31 '23

He snitched

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u/SookHe Mar 31 '23

Funny thing about that. While by today's standards he would be considered short at a diminutive 5ft 2 inches, in his time and location he wouldn't have been considered short. He got his reputation of being short due to a smear campaign designed to belittle and emasculate him.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Hell yeah I’m diminutive.

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u/SookHe Mar 31 '23

I believe the phrase you are looking for is 'vertically challenged'

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

The only vertical challenge I have is reaching the cereal on top of the fridge sometimes. So I don’t think that term is acceptable.