We need the exclamation comma.
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The now-extinct glyph was created and patented in Canada by three American inventors in 1992, and true to its name, it was designed to both…
The surprisingly connected origins of "good", "gather", and "fondue".
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Grist: To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code. “At the Department of Agriculture’s research division, everyone knows there’s one word they should never say, according to Ethan Roberts. ‘The forbidden C-word’ — climate. Roberts, union president at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois, has worked for the federal government […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/grist-to-keep-climate-science-alive-researchers-are-speaking-in-code/Hahaha! Thanks for sharing.
Dr. Google says the British slang term "pop your clogs" means "to die." Similar expression to "kick the bucket."
Not relevantly to your example, apparently it's also been expanded to mean "to rest or sleep deeply."
For further expressions along this line, see Monty Python's 1969 "Dead Parrot Sketch" ...
#Obscurdle 1181: 5/6
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The sword cannot do to me what you have done,
Nor is meeting my enemy like meeting you.
Even if an enemy’s arrow stayed lodged in my chest all night,
It would not hurt me as much as your eyes have.
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