#by Jove

[mildlybizarrecorvid]

wait can I send myself asks

holy fuck folks you can send yourself asks

[dcbinges]

Action Comics #19 (1939) by Jerry Siegel & Paul Cassidy

[fedoraspooky]

...oh i see what you did there with the names

:3c

*finger guns*

[palepinkpig]

by jove, one wants to cease one’s existence on this mortal plane at this present moment

[263adder]

British Expressions: Name Edition

Some of my favourite phrases and expressions that I feel more people should know and use. These phrases and expressions all use the names of real people or fictional characters.

1. Gordon Bennett

An exclamation of incredulity equivalent to "Jesus Christ!". A reference to an American James Gordon Bennett Jr., who became infamous in Britain due to his many scandals. Example: "Gordon Bennett, where did you come from?! I didn't hear you come in, are you trying to scare me to death?"

2. Sweet Fanny Adams

Often shorted to Sweet F.A, it is a reference to Fanny Adams, a child who was murdered in 1867. Originally, it meant something of bad quality. Nowadays, it's used interchangeably with "fuck all" (nothing). Example: "That lass knows sweet Fanny Adams!"

3. By Jove

An equivalent to "oh my God". A reference to the Roman god Jupiter (also called Jove; Zeus in Greek mythology). Example: "[Crash] By Jove what was that?!"

4. Scrooge

Named for Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens' main character in A Christmas Carol, to call someone a Scrooge is to call them a miser, mean or un-festive. Example: "You can be such a Scrooge. Maybe I should start calling you Ebenezer?"

5. Bejesus

Derived from "By Jesus", bejesus is said when someone is surprised. Common in Britain and Ireland. Example: "Bejesus, don't scare me like that!"

[cathackz]

christmas! just two months away! oh wow.

[1introvertedsage]

I know nothing Yet everything knows me.

~Talitha~

⁂14.2023.01

[shadowstarkanada]

I really do need to switch to "by Jove!"

It's funny as heck to say. It's really reminiscent of old timey sayings. No one sees Jupiter as a god anymore (I think?) so I don't have to go around explaining this to people. And like... Sherlock Holmes said it more than "elementary my dear Watson."* It's just positives all around!

* 'cause he never actually said that.

Btw if I say things like “by god” or “good lord” in posts please be aware I don’t mean it in a catholic way I mean it in a 1950s scientist reacting in horror after they create an evil creature in the lab set in the distant future year of 2005

[irradiatedpiratebooty]

It is 8am and ready 80 degrees,,, gonna be 108F today,,,

[monn-i]

Oh mine goodness! i hast just join upon a revelation! i am wholly unlovable! by jove!!!!

[lilygazing]

😟 what happened here.....

[thenotoriouserg]

Sweet lucifer, this is most alarming.

Most horrifying tweet I've seen all day

[ema-sahdmadhi]

"It seems you've had quite a life..." - Ema Skye, 6-5 Day 1 Investigation

[shitpostingkats]

My toxic trait is I think Apollo should have more crazy backstories. Make him suffer.

[claratyler]

my god..i think im hitting a new music crisis..this is. I dont even know

[snapscube]

why are you cute. something’s wrong.