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minus-squareDjinn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·edit-29 months ago kid’s gloves It’s “kid gloves.” It refers to gloves made of kid leather, the skin of a young goat. Not a child’s glove. https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/origin-of-phrase-with-kid-gloves
minus-squarej_roby@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThanks. Apparently I’ve been saying that phrase wrong my whole life… I’m going to leave the comment as-is tho for the unintentional pun it created.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down9·9 months agoit’s a joke, Matt Gaetz rapes kids and sells kids to be raped
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s always the goddamn fortunate sons.
It’s “kid gloves.” It refers to gloves made of kid leather, the skin of a young goat. Not a child’s glove.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/origin-of-phrase-with-kid-gloves
Thanks. Apparently I’ve been saying that phrase wrong my whole life…
I’m going to leave the comment as-is tho for the unintentional pun it created.
it’s a joke, Matt Gaetz rapes kids and sells kids to be raped
It’s always the goddamn fortunate sons.
So gloves made from kids?