knowing **** from shinola - and other colloquialisms

[Gameface]

I don't have a horse in this race

 

[moevillini]

this is rich!!!

just found this on a list of most commonly misspelled words

bellwether - Often misspelled "bellweather." A wether is a gelded ram, chosen to lead the herd (thus his bell) due to the greater likelihood that he will remain at all times ahead of the ewes.

 

[Gameface]

Bluff: A term commonly used in poker to indicate when a player plays a weak hand as though it is strong.

Of Dutch origin, originally bluffen, which means to "brag."

 

[moevillini]

Bluff: A term commonly used in poker to indicate when a player plays a weak hand as though it is strong.

Of Dutch origin, originally bluffen, which means to "brag."

well I was all set to call your bluff on this, but I see you're right!

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bluff

Etymology 1

From Dutch bluffen (“brag”) or bluf (“bragging”).
Noun

bluff (plural bluffs)

An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.

That is only bluff, or a bluff.

and here I thought you were just making fun of our resident Dutchman's repeated threats to leave us

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