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agatehinge commented on the word off in a cloud of whale dust
A phrase that seems to be dying out with my mother's generation. Said in departure: "I'm off in a cloud of whale dust." One of my mother's friends expands it further as "I'm off like a herd of turtles in a cloud of whale dust." I equate whale dust with bubbles.
May 6, 2010
yarb commented on the word off in a cloud of whale dust
Wonderful!
May 7, 2010
bilby commented on the word off in a cloud of whale dust
Your mother and friend should be on Wordnik, 'gatehinge.
Does it have a sense of 'departing quickly' - i.e. you drop the handbrake on your whale and it squeals away from Neptune's kerb - or simply to depart?
May 7, 2010
oroboros commented on the word off in a cloud of whale dust
I'll remember this, thanks. I sometimes spoonerize herd of turtles into turd of herdles. Used to make my copilots laugh. Oh, I was a wild and crazy jet jockey!
May 7, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word off in a cloud of whale dust
I'm suddenly reminded of nurdles.
May 7, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word off in a cloud of whale dust
bilby... *giggling* "drop the handbrake on your whale"?? *still giggling*
May 7, 2010