Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · 4 months agoIf anyone ever asks you about sailsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down17
arrow-up1261arrow-down1imageIf anyone ever asks you about sailsfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · 4 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThanks for checking that out! On my end, I found this version of “spank”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spanking#Etymology_1 Which of course is different from the other meaning, to “punish by swatting.” As for an example, from Tintin’s Secret of the Unicorn: https://i.imgur.com/6BguONT.jpeg
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoInteresting! That definition kind of fits with the sail that the Spanker replaced, which was called the Driver.
Thanks for checking that out! On my end, I found this version of “spank”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spanking#Etymology_1
Which of course is different from the other meaning, to “punish by swatting.”
As for an example, from Tintin’s Secret of the Unicorn:
https://i.imgur.com/6BguONT.jpeg
Interesting! That definition kind of fits with the sail that the Spanker replaced, which was called the Driver.