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Odd thoughts upon awakening - classicdrogn - 08-22-2025
I wonder which came first, "giddy-up" as the command for a horse to run, or "giddy" as the word for feeling excited and energetic?
RE: Odd thoughts upon awakening - robkelk - 08-22-2025
Now you've got me curious...
* robkelk goes and looks
Merriam-Webster says that "giddy" came first (14th century), and that "giddyap" (c.1897) derives from "get up"... so, yeah, it's an appropriate thought to awaken to.
RE: Odd thoughts upon awakening - classicdrogn - 08-30-2025
Thirty-something years ago I heard a song on the Dr. Demento Show, "the U Can't Touch This MC Hammer Rap Blues" or something along those lines. (A quick search for that and a few close variations turns up nothing.) One of the lines was, "he keeps jumpin', 'cause his income is high," and I only just now got the joke. Goddammit.