LITTLE CLERGYMAN. A young chimney-sweeper.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Can we stop saying “dogfooding” and “eat your own dog food” as slang for using of your own products and services in the same way as a customer? We can do better. We are not dogs. We are people.

For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food

"Eat what you cook" is a much better term, and what I currently use. However, it doesn't simplify to the “dogfooding" form.

Let's start a thread, to gather the possibilities.

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JACK IN AN OFFICE, An insolent fellow in authority.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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AQUA PUMPAGINIS. Pump water. APOTHECARIES LATIN.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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PICKT HATCH. To go to the manor of pickt hatch, a cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy houses in Shakespeare's time, and used by him in that sense.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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JOB. A guinea.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Just learnt what FAFO means. I've seen people use it online and I finally looked it up. It means "fuck around, find out"

This whole time I had tried to figure out what could "first [a word starting with an A] first out" mean  

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BANKS'S HORSE. A horse famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks. It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist. of the World, p. 178; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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KID LAY. Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed to their charge, by prevailing on them to execute some trifling message, pretending to take care of their parcels till they come back.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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