Tesco Food Love Stories

[tamaris]

The woman in the advert, it says, that today she's had a mare ...
I don't understand

[237SJ]

Nightmare?

[tamaris]

Argh yes could be. Never heard that before. Thanks

[Buenchico]

Urban Dictionary to the rescue!
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Having%20a%20mare

[tamaris]

Great Chris. I've never come across this said before x

[10ClarionSt]

It's typical of people today, tamaris. Too bone idle to even say nightmare. Another example is; A Big Ask instead of "a lot to ask" I believe that has Aussie origins tho. :o)

[tamaris]

You make a good point 10clarion.

[Buenchico]

"A lot to ask" uses 'ask' as a verb, whereas "a big ask" uses it as a noun. According to the OED, that usage was first recorded in 1275, so it's not exactly new!

[Mamyalynne]

:-)

I love it when that happens.

[woofgang]

My grandmother used to say she'd had a mare of a day and that was back in the '60's I always assumed it was a reference to a horse....mares can be really flighty and difficult.

[Buenchico]

Your mother was a couple of decades ahead of the OED, Woofgang ;-)
https://ibb.co/7V56d15

[10ClarionSt]

It may have been first used in 1275 Chris, but it has taken 750 years for it to come into general usage. Who used it 20 years ago?