Wild BillM to Everett True Comics · 1 month agoGrippy alcohol (January 24, 1908)imagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1imageGrippy alcohol (January 24, 1908)Wild BillM to Everett True Comics · 1 month agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarem_flinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoAnd here’s what Wiktionary says: Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-21 month agoI agree with that from the context. However at least this one article suggests Grip, gripe or grippe: flu (though of course the meaning of words can change many times) https://www.verywellhealth.com/outdated-disease-names-2615295
minus-squareWild BillOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoMaybe he’s talking about his literal grip he uses to beat people up
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoIn Spanish, flu or cold is called “gripa”. Didn’t realize it was used in English previously.
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoGripe also originally meant sickness before it had its modern meaning of complaint.
What is “grip”?
Cough or a cold
And here’s what Wiktionary says:
I agree with that from the context.
However at least this one article suggests
(though of course the meaning of words can change many times)
https://www.verywellhealth.com/outdated-disease-names-2615295
Maybe he’s talking about his literal grip he uses to beat people up
In Spanish, flu or cold is called “gripa”. Didn’t realize it was used in English previously.
Gripe also originally meant sickness before it had its modern meaning of complaint.