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[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Language, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.

[-] nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

It's literally the worst.

[-] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago

Champing at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I've never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

It's chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it's eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.

[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Forty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit.

Tolkien thought it was champ.

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