Current Events > what is with people on the internet and the word "grin"

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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 8:51:14 AM
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i have never once heard someone use that word in real life

is it a british thing?
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pegusus123456
05/05/17 8:53:52 AM
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No, it's an extremely common word and you're odd for having never heard it.
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 8:58:10 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
No, it's an extremely common word and you're odd for having never heard it.

in what way am i odd if the people around me are the ones not saying it
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DevsBro
05/05/17 8:59:05 AM
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I don't so much grin as smirk burgessly.
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pegusus123456
05/05/17 8:59:12 AM
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FrenchCrunch posted...
pegusus123456 posted...
No, it's an extremely common word and you're odd for having never heard it.

in what way am i odd if the people around me are the ones not saying it


I don't know what bizarre, freakish influence you have on the innocent souls around you.
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:03:06 AM
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DevsBro posted...
I don't so much grin as smirk burgessly.

i actually say smirked burgessly in real life sometimes
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:11:22 AM
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:45:45 AM
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GOATSLAYER
05/05/17 9:46:58 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
No, it's an extremely common word and you're odd for having never heard it.

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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:48:14 AM
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you guys are fuckin with me

think about it, have you ever even heard that word out loud?
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hollow_shrine
05/05/17 9:49:59 AM
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Yes. It's a particularly type of smile you see commonly everywhere when people feel uncomfortable smiling with teeth.

GOATSLAYER posted...
pegusus123456 posted...
No, it's an extremely common word and you're odd for having never heard it.

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GOATSLAYER
05/05/17 9:50:39 AM
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FrenchCrunch posted...
you guys are fuckin with me

think about it, have you ever even heard that word out loud?

Yes. Lots of times. You must be fucking with us.
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:50:43 AM
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hollow_shrine posted...
Yes. It's a particularly type of smile you see commonly everywhere when people feel uncomfortable smiling with teeth.

i thought a grin specifically showed teeth
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GOATSLAYER
05/05/17 9:51:23 AM
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FrenchCrunch posted...
hollow_shrine posted...
Yes. It's a particularly type of smile you see commonly everywhere when people feel uncomfortable smiling with teeth.

i thought a grin specifically showed teeth

It does
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:51:23 AM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
FrenchCrunch posted...
you guys are fuckin with me

think about it, have you ever even heard that word out loud?

Yes. Lots of times. You must be fucking with us.

im dead fuckin serious this is blowing my mind
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GOATSLAYER
05/05/17 9:51:49 AM
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FrenchCrunch posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
FrenchCrunch posted...
you guys are fuckin with me

think about it, have you ever even heard that word out loud?

Yes. Lots of times. You must be fucking with us.

im dead fuckin serious this is blowing my mind

I'm being serious too.
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DevsBro
05/05/17 9:53:28 AM
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You've never heard "grinning like a opossum"?
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MorbidFaithless
05/05/17 9:54:14 AM
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I'm not sure I've heard it said aloud.
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:54:42 AM
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DevsBro posted...
You've never heard "grinning like a opossum"?

ok you HAVE to be fucking with me here

there is no way this is an idiom
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GOATSLAYER
05/05/17 9:54:49 AM
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DevsBro posted...
You've never heard "grinning like a opossum"?

Grinning like the Cheshire Cat? Wipe that smug grin off your face?
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 9:55:45 AM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
DevsBro posted...
You've never heard "grinning like a opossum"?

Grinning like the Cheshire Cat? Wipe that smug grin off your face?

ok now i think you guys were just screwing with me

MorbidFaithless posted...
I'm not sure I've heard it said aloud.

fucking thank you
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GOATSLAYER
05/05/17 9:56:22 AM
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Nobody is messing with you
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 10:00:39 AM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
Nobody is messing with you

dude those idioms are actually so stupid tho
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DevsBro
05/05/17 10:00:49 AM
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ok you HAVE to be f***ing with me here

there is no way this is an idiom

A Google search, with the quotation marks to make sure it matches exactly, returns 4320 results.

Disappointingly, though, most of the top results are people asking about the phrase or makibg fun of it.

Though apparently it's a shorter version of "grinning like a opossum eating a sweet potato," which I can't say I've ever heard.
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FrenchCrunch
05/05/17 10:11:35 AM
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