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Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social |
Hamstring has got to be the funniest name for a body part. "I don't know what's going on with your leg. It's like pork twine in there."
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Land Moose
@landmoose.bsky.social
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I'm fond of any body part that becomes a verb to describe being injured there. Hamstrung, kneecapped, brained.
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Corbett
@corbettcummins.bsky.social
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Could also be the name of a Vaudevillian comedian whose act did not age well.
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DaveAnthony
@daveanthony.bsky.social
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☝️ This guy has never heard of a dick
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Self-deprecating ghost
@soundwave187.bsky.social
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Always what I think when I heard/hear it:
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Rafe B.
@digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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This made me curious, so the short-short etymology is that it seems to have formed by slapping the words for "hock" and "sinew" together (for the body part), and then the verb came about a bit over a century later.
www.etymonline.com/word/hamstring
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Robb
@buckyunderbelly.bsky.social
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DOCTOR 1: *studies chart* DOCTOR 2: Pig rope? DOCTOR 1: Pig rope. *both nod, puffing their pipes thoughtfully*
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new_toast
@newtoast.bsky.social
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Then they went and made a VERB out of it!!!
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Dr. Jimbosaur, Esq.
@jimbosaur.bsky.social
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The fact that it's abbreviated "hammy" adds a lot to it, imho.
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KLM
@klm.bsky.social
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funny bone is trying too hard, but hamstrings? it makes me think of my leg as a guitar like instrument called a ham and that's where the strings go
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KatieTwoHands
@katietwohands.bsky.social
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Sorry I can’t go hiking today, I pulled my hog cord pretty bad
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