Posted on 02/12/2020 1:44:20 AM PST by 11th_VA
I must be the last person in America who knows what “eke” means.
Interesting stats. Is this a bad omen for the Dems, showing how discouraged their voters are? Or is the vote just too divided right now to see the end game?
Go Trump!
verb
manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty.
READ my lips folks.....Democrap, Socialist & Communist, Bernie Sanders is going nowhere...period...no matter what the Media tells you!!! And neither is the Dancing, Prancing Pajama Boy...Democrap low life, Mayor, Pete. Democrat Party has destroyed itself politically by its own incompetent hands!!!
“Eke” is to supplement or lengthen. That’s why we say “eke” out: because we’re pointing to an activity that supplements something meager. The popular use of “eke” is a malapropism, in which the writer has in mind the concept of “squeaking by”. The literal meaning of “eke” is as an adverb meaning “also”. You eke out an existence by doing something to supplement a meagre original. You might eke out your social security income with a part time job, for example. Strictly speaking, you can’t eke out an existence by being just on social security and nothing else. “ Eke “ is all about an addition.
You will disagree of course, and point to the current usage, which is dominated by undiscerning illiterates who set no value on clarity in language. Don’t even try with me; I won’t be impressed.
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