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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Biggus Dickus

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you find something wiseable about the name

Biggusssss

Dickussssss????

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imma upvote you for the quote, but YSK it's "risible" which is an additional layer of humour if you're familiar with Latin (which was what the Romans spoke), because "risible" is an archaic English word from around the 1600s meaning "to provoke laughter", which is itself based on the Latin word "ris", which means "laugh". "Ridere" means "to laugh" and "ridiculus" means "laughable".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha latin nerd. Thanks though.
Why does 'getting a rise out of sb' mean to make them angry then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think that comes from Latin, it probably refers to a fish rising to take bait on the water.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

He has a wife you know...