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What Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Little (thewalrus.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Language, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Champing at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I've never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It's chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it's eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.

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