ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agoDon't forget that Boxing Day is when we traditionally change from 'elf on a shelf' to...a.l3n.coimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down16
arrow-up1112arrow-down1imageDon't forget that Boxing Day is when we traditionally change from 'elf on a shelf' to...a.l3n.coᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah, I spent a while trying to make, nonce and paedo work but got nothing in this context. Best I managed was “sicko on a hippo” which isn’t close enough.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoAlthough “hippo” does come from the Greek word for horse, “hippos.” Hippopotamus means “river horse.” So sicko on a hippo works, albeit only in slant rhyme.
Yeah, I spent a while trying to make, nonce and paedo work but got nothing in this context. Best I managed was “sicko on a hippo” which isn’t close enough.
Although “hippo” does come from the Greek word for horse, “hippos.” Hippopotamus means “river horse.”
So sicko on a hippo works, albeit only in slant rhyme.