Wild Bill@midwest.socialM to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 3 months agoGrippy alcohol (January 24, 1908)midwest.socialimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageGrippy alcohol (January 24, 1908)midwest.socialWild Bill@midwest.socialM to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 3 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarem_f@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoAnd here’s what Wiktionary says: Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months 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Grip, gripe or grippe: flu (though of course the meaning of words can change many times) https://www.verywellhealth.com/outdated-disease-names-2615295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-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIn Spanish, flu or cold is called “gripa”. Didn’t realize it was used in English previously.
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoGripe also originally meant sickness before it had its modern meaning of complaint.
minus-squareWild Bill@midwest.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoMaybe he’s talking about his literal grip he uses to beat people up
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https://www.verywellhealth.com/outdated-disease-names-2615295
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.
Maybe he’s talking about his literal grip he uses to beat people up