When someone uses new slang they generally learn it via context. Hearing it in use via individuals who have been using it for some time already. I like to research idioms a little if I’m going to commit them to permanence via my work. “Beat the brakes off” has 2 generally accepted meanings. One is to do harm to someone to the point they are incapable of controlling their movement. The other is to have violent intercourse with a woman until she cannot walk. In my opinion the former makes more emotional sense than the latter. It feels more correct. I don’t like connecting sex to violence though, generally speaking. There is a sense of brutality to the phrase that works better when applied to a brutal attack. Before researching anything that was the only context I had ever heard in actual conversation. My guess is that that is true for most of you as well. Either way, if you’ve never encountered the idiom before you don’t need to go looking for a definition. Of course you’ll have to read the blog to know that, so if I get a “What does ‘beat the brakes off of” mean” question we’ll know that person is not a blog enthusiast.

I might have just had Ed say “I hurt him very badly.” or whatever, but I wanted him to say it in a way that implies excessive force.

Anyway, that’s a look in on the process. If you would like the process to continue support links are above. Hopefully I will see you all back here, safe and sound, on Friday. Until then, farewell wherever you fare.

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