The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agoChasing that noveltymedia.piefed.worldexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down117
arrow-up1522arrow-down1external-linkChasing that noveltymedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoWe’re not. Jack is just another way to say “guy”, “man”, or “dude” Edit: or more specifically but less relevant now, “peasant” or “commoner”, someone of low social status. Kind of interesting to compare to “Guy”, another instance of a given name turned into a generic term.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack_of_all_trades huh! TIL
We’re not. Jack is just another way to say “guy”, “man”, or “dude”
Edit: or more specifically but less relevant now, “peasant” or “commoner”, someone of low social status.
Kind of interesting to compare to “Guy”, another instance of a given name turned into a generic term.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack_of_all_trades
huh! TIL