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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imma upvote you for the quote, but YSK it's "risible" which is an additional layer of humour if you're familiar with Latin (which was what the Romans spoke), because "risible" is an archaic English word from around the 1600s meaning "to provoke laughter", which is itself based on the Latin word "ris", which means "laugh". "Ridere" means "to laugh" and "ridiculus" means "laughable".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haha latin nerd. Thanks though.
Why does 'getting a rise out of sb' mean to make them angry then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't think that comes from Latin, it probably refers to a fish rising to take bait on the water.