![]() 05/01/2020 at 16:38 • Filed to: Cramp tampon, shitpost, Hot take | ![]() | ![]() |
“Crampon” is a terrible word. It sounds like a slur AND makes you think about menses in one fell swoop.
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Random fact: crampons were invented before tampons.
Alternate names for crampons: Foot daggers?
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I actually had someone call m e a crampon as an insult once, I just assumed he meant to say something else.
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Literally means cramp-on. They give you cramps when you put them on... oh fuck I guess there are cramps during menstrual cycle too... oh well... have a nice day.
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Stabby boots
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So really tampons are just a gross version of a piece of vital survival equipment?
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We always call it “the red menace” in my household.
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Uhmmm… yes.
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Stabby Skates
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Freddy Krueger Toes.
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All-Terrain Knives
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Random Italian fact the word pad translates to tampone.
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The verb
“
Cramponner
” in French means “to cling
with force
”.
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Yes but we all know that french is a silly language
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Also, tampon is used for the shellac soaked rag used in French polishing
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Talking about alpinism, i watched this nice documentary a few weeks ago (about climbing unexplored Pakistanese mountains) :
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Stabby stabby feets.
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Wolverine stompers
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Footsies of death
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...but most of oppo does not know the origin of mountaineering comes from the Alps... hence the nome