Just want to clarify for others like me who might initially have a negative reaction to this claim: this is referring specifically to a phrase like “I have the itis” (which personally I have never heard). The suffix -itis, of course, does not come from this and is much older.
Just want to clarify for others like me who might initially have a negative reaction to this claim: this is referring specifically to a phrase like “I have the itis” (which personally I have never heard). The suffix -itis, of course, does not come from this and is much older.
I remember watching this when it aired and being floored.
https://youtu.be/7CuhPfroLDM?si=BMBo5yMYnlTIkPbN
It was fairly common in the south (I lived in Louisiana) but I had not heard it used for years until Lawrence dropped that gem on the Food Network.