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by bonestamp2 2432 days ago
Side question, are you British? I'm asking because I've just read "hoover up" for the second time in my life and both were in the past week and although I understand the meaning of the phrase and I can guess why it came about, I'm trying to understand where it came from geographically.
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That's in my vernacular, but I blame my Proudly British Grandpa.