Monday, February 16, 2026

6 phrases I use that I never hear anyone else employ























Dead Slow


Then the penny dropped


As any fool can plainly see


Res ipsa loquitur


Sic transit gloria [± mundi]


Bob's your uncle

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Anyone else? Bueller?

2 comments:

  1. "Dead Slow" is a setting on a traditional engine order telegraph - still used in general maritime terminology: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1102378

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  2. And that symbol at the bottom indicates a dead-end street.
    That was new to me.
    -Luke

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