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Wild Bill @midwest.social

11mo ago

Grippy alcohol (January 24, 1908)

did anybody watch the new deadpool movie yet

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What is "grip"?
- Cough or a cold
  
  And here's what Wiktionary says:
  Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).
  
  I agree with that from the context.
  However at least this one article suggests
  Grip, gripe or grippe: flu
  (though of course the meaning of words can change many times)
  https://www.verywellhealth.com/outdated-disease-names-2615295
- Maybe he's talking about his literal grip he uses to beat people up
- In Spanish, flu or cold is called “gripa”. Didn’t realize it was used in English previously.
  
  Gripe also originally meant sickness before it had its modern meaning of complaint.
Did watch the new Deadpool, don't remember this scene though.
- This is the part turned down by Nicolas Cage.
  
  Lies! Cage is incapable of turning down a part.
- Me too was pretty good but could've waited for streaming.
- Plan to watch it this Saturday.
I just realized...she's got The Umbrella of Consequences.
Even Ol Ev', drops the ball once in a while.
Doin' it for the Grip™
Man I got a bit of a headache. I think I'm gonna go "dally with the demon".
He's a gripper
Today we learned that violence begets violence
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!! SAY!!!!!

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