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minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoFYI it’s “bald-faced” lie
minus-squareBedSharkPal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoHey, don’t attack the man based on his follicles!
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI’m just envious that he doesn’t have to shave. It’s really tedious.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThis is totally correct, but the incorrect usage is so common now that “bold face” has become arguably accepted. Originally it was “barefaced”, I believe.
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTrue a long time ago it was, but if we want to disregard language evolution, then it is actually “bare-faced lie” lol https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-that-lie-bald-faced-or-bold-faced-or-barefaced
FYI it’s “bald-faced” lie
Hey, don’t attack the man based on his follicles!
I’m just envious that he doesn’t have to shave. It’s really tedious.
This is totally correct, but the incorrect usage is so common now that “bold face” has become arguably accepted.
Originally it was “barefaced”, I believe.
True a long time ago it was, but if we want to disregard language evolution, then it is actually “bare-faced lie” lol
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-that-lie-bald-faced-or-bold-faced-or-barefaced