Tree Langdon
Oct 10, 2023

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These are great!

One of my favorites was 'haven't got a pot to piss in. My understanding is that it comes from the tanning trade. They used urine to tan hides and if you were really poor, you could always sell a pot of pee to them. If you had a pot to piss in, that is, lol.

I'm also fascinated with words that are made up - ones that should be in the dictionary. Here's one:

https://medium.com/p/ed92a56423b

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Tree Langdon
Tree Langdon

Written by Tree Langdon

I write stories, and poetry, and create sketches inspired by my dreams for the world. https://wordsinmotion.substack.com/

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