basementthought
basementthought t1_iwj3du2 wrote
Reply to comment by Piepally in 'It's a pretty gross and offensive phrase': SA Premier under fire for 'sloppy seconds' comment by notinferno
I know the term sending out full send as a climbing term, which means climbing a route in one go with no falls or rests. It's short for ascending, so not sexual. Though I'm suspicious that there isn't some other meaning given how popular it is outside of climbing these days.
basementthought t1_j3l6cdd wrote
Reply to comment by megamindwriter in When did government departments and government budgets become invented? by megamindwriter
One interesting related fact is that most early writing is not stories or personal letters but records. We initially used writing to keep track of finances trade and laws. It took some time for people to start writing literature down