RSSI’ll admit I’m a word nerd, and I love coming across words like “acropper.” In other words, I had to look that one up, because I’ve never heard or read it. As a public service to other word nerds, here’s the definition:
come a-cropper
To fail badly. “Cropper” comes from a horse’s croup or crupper, the part of the animal’s back behind the saddle. Someone who parted company from his horse (an involuntary dismount, so to speak) was said to fall “neck and crop.” That became “come a-cropper,” first appearing in the foxhunting author Robert S. Surtees’ 1858 novel Ask Mamma: [He] “rode at an impracticable fence, and got a cropper for his pains.” The phrase was picked up and applied to any misadventure, equestrian or otherwise.
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You didn’t mention the very latest NY Times article:
NY Times, 10 Minutes Ago: Jazmine Who?
All, and I mean all, of the black folks I know were very disappointed with Obama, and I live in a town that’s half black. Some of them had hilariously high expectations, but most just thought their overall situation would improve. Some that I talked to were disappointed, some were bitter, but nobody talked about Obama glowingly. And I noticed this 2 years into his first term.
Side note, all of them voted Hillary in 2016, if they bothered to vote, even the bitter ones. No surprise, they vote as a block.
I wonder what Obama will be remembered for in fifty years, a hundred years. I think he'll primarily be remembered for his half-Subsaharan status, nothing more.Replies: @Pheasant
All, and I mean all, of the black folks I know were very disappointed with Obama
On the plus side, she whipped his ass. Girl can punch. On the minus side, she totally dropped his fries, and her customer service skills could use improvement.
THAT explains the $500 hammers. Hardware men see these women coming and they start rubbing their hands together. Everyone knows women are terrible negotiators. Except for shoes.