Jen: Why do people ‘coin a phrase’, but ‘mint a coin’? Why don't they ‘coin a coin’?
Me: You're turning into me. Stop it!
(Personally, I Carter phrases.)
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Jen: Why do people ‘coin a phrase’, but ‘mint a coin’? Why don't they ‘coin a coin’?
Me: You're turning into me. Stop it!
(Personally, I Carter phrases.)
To be really pedantic
mint 1 (mnt)
n.
1. A place where the coins of a country are manufactured by authority of the government.
2. A place or source of manufacture or invention.
3. An abundant amount, especially of money.
tr.v. mint·ed, mint·ing, mints
1. To produce (money) by stamping metal; coin.
2. To invent or fabricate: a phrase that was minted for one occasion.
adj.
Undamaged as if freshly minted: The painting was in mint condition.
[Middle English, from Old English mynet, coin, from Latin monta; see money.]
Richard - don't trouble yourself trying to understand the workings of a woman's mind or her twisted sense of logic. I gave that up years ago. Here's an example of an all too regular conversation I find myself having with Mrs. Kenny:
Her: What?
Me: What do you mean what?
Her: That look you gave me.
Me: I didn't.
Her: Yes you did.
(above two lines repeated several times)
Me. Oh bollocks!
Her: Charming!
Me: Double bollocks.