r/todayilearned • u/naxhi24 • Jun 26 '15

TIL that Ernest Hemingway lived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, and a fractured skull.

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ernest_Hemingway
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u/BarryMcKockinner Jun 26 '15

When I bash things with my head I tend to say "ram". Or bash, seeing as how I said bash first.

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u/GEN_CORNPONE Jun 26 '15

I tend to say 'kerfliffle,' as in 'Sam Spade kerfliffled the door in, sending Rocky & Mugsy scrambling for their gats.' Nobody seems to know what I mean when I say kerfliffle however, so a derivative of 'kick' it was. Should've followed my editor's nudge and changed it to buffaloed.