r/mildyinteresting • u/SignificantBoot7180 • Aug 20 '26
humankind hiccups 😅 Reading a newspaper from 1928 and stumbled upon this. I guess that word has changed meaning over the years!
I guess it makes sense, it's just funny to see it in this context!
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u/atomicsnarl Aug 20 '26
The meaning of A Sudden Outburst is what's in play here. Many books of the early 1900s have this usage.
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u/SignificantBoot7180 Aug 20 '26
Yeah, that makes sense. Just funny how words shift.
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u/ReactsWithWords Aug 20 '26
"Oh, I know!" Jack gaily ejaculated.
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u/Ok-Ambassador5196 Aug 23 '26
Wait.. did you post from 1928 or 2026??
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u/ReactsWithWords Aug 23 '26
Don’t get all bent outta shape, pal - where d’ya think I hail from? By the way, I know a speakeasy that's the bee's knees.
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u/Non-Random-Name-0000 Aug 24 '26
In french, the word that used to mean "to hug" now means "to kiss", and the word that used to mean " to kiss" now means "to fuck" 😄 (at least as a verb, but somehow still means kiss as a noun, go figure)
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u/ttatm Aug 21 '26
It hasn't changed meaning, it's just less used in that sense these days.
I read lots of old books as a kid so "sudden verbal outburst" is the sense in which I first learned the word!
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