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minus-squareDeflated0ne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·2 months agoHe did have a stroke the other day.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 months ago“…the other day.” was my grandmothers phrase, which could have meant last week, or decades ago. It was an other day.
minus-squarewhiwake@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down2·2 months agoWell, that is what it means.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAs a child, I needed a tad bit more context. Also, in retrospect, it was probably a coping mechanism for age related cognitive decline (ARCD).
minus-squarewhiwake@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI was born the other day.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI use it when the timing is totally irrelevant to the conversation and the increased cognitive load from specificity for both the speaker and listener would just detract from the topic.
He did have a stroke the other day.
“…the other day.” was my grandmothers phrase, which could have meant last week, or decades ago. It was an other day.
Well, that is what it means.
As a child, I needed a tad bit more context. Also, in retrospect, it was probably a coping mechanism for age related cognitive decline (ARCD).
I was born the other day.
The phrase is intentionally vague.
I use it when the timing is totally irrelevant to the conversation and the increased cognitive load from specificity for both the speaker and listener would just detract from the topic.
Here’s to many more.