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thesingingsea [she/her]
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thesingingsea@piefed.blahaj.zoneJoined: 2026-03-02 |
I grew up with that idiom and understanding what it meant, and then I went to flight school where being grounded has a more literal meaning. So my question: Was the childhood punishment named after disqualification from flight status or was the term in use before 1903 with a different origin?
Seems like it was used for pilots in the 1930s and extended to "deny privileges" in the 40s |
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