Stop chaffing me about my chafing!

Posted on July 21, 2014 by abradypus

Chaffing: the use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule.

Chafing: soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction.

And from the ever wonderful xkcd.com:

From the wonderful xkcd.com

From the wonderful xkcd.com

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A Bradypus or Sloth am I, I live a life of ease, contented not to do or die but idle as I please; ... [Michael Flanders and Donald Swann]
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12 Responses to Stop chaffing me about my chafing!

  1. hels205 says:
    July 21, 2014 at 3:48 pm

    D’oh!!
    Fewer, less
    Breathe and breath
    Yup. That’s me!!

    Reply
  2. kimivory says:
    July 21, 2014 at 5:28 pm

    I LOVE that cartoon.

    Reply
  3. notmuchofarunner says:
    July 21, 2014 at 6:09 pm

    Ha 🙂
    *runs off to check comment on previous post*

    Reply
  4. plustenner says:
    July 21, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    are they pronounced the same way? In Afrikaans we have a slang word chaffing (pronounced ch-aa-fing the aa like in aardvark) which basically means – are you joking with me? You would say, ‘you are chaffing me, right?’
    but i would imagine in this case you are not chaffing (afrikaans style) about your chafing – hope it is better soon xx

    Reply
  5. mia79gbr says:
    July 23, 2014 at 11:20 am

    YES!!! This!!! And when people say “chaFFing” … grrrrrrrrr!

    Reply

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