I love these etymologies where it’s just “this word comes from a similar sounding word with the same meaning.” Who would have guessed.
Me. I would have guessed.

“Your mom is so old, she could be your parent!”

True, 49 million years is perfect but that’s where I draw the line

My grandmother often gave us birthday cards with the age we had before. At some point she switched to generic cards with a number on it but a question mark would have done too

Don’t give it a second thought

Some people will do anything to avoid freedom units

“This is my step ladder.
I never knew my real ladder.”

Relatable!!!.!!!

There is no excuse for coming naked to a kids Halloween party

I’m thinking art and well, you could argue they often represent the concept of death which is close enough

How can you forget about dead people when skeletons represent dead people in the first place?

So the prophecy is fulfilled

Which appears white on black cars and black on white cars. You figured out their trick

Thanks, I needed this reminder, I almost forgot

Tomato: Am I a joke to you?

“What about Czech?”

I guess most will vote against but we will see

POV: I’m doing my part

Thanks, it gives more context as TL;DRs should always do but often fail because of lazy

Pidgins are languages in their own rights. Maybe code switching would fit better but actually no, that’s on the spectrum of bilingualism.

Edit: since pidgins (unlike creoles) aren’t used as primary languages, I guess I now get what you mean