To have completely misunderstood the meaning of some sayings?

[KermitTheToad]

I only found out today that the term Social Butterfly refers to someone who is outgoing and loves social events. I thought it meant you didn't like social events, as in you would fly away and avoid them. I also until recently thought that a Spendthrift is somebody who is frugal in their spending. I assumed that as thrifty meant not being wasteful, that Spendthrift meant being careful in what you spent.
YANBU..I see where you are coming from.
YABU.. You are a wally, go back to school!

It comes from an obsolete definition of thrift meaning someone who spends their "thrift" (wealth/income). The word thrift then evolved to mean some who saves, etc. Love a development of language conversation

I agree but for a difference reason it sounds like that acid that I cant remember the name of. Bucolic acid!

Yeah, it's close to balmy isn't it?

Exactly.

someone who is “thrifty” puts money away (saves money)

a spendthrift spends it!

I read a Facebook post recently where someone was "very ill and he's been moved to in tensile care".

What does poker face mean? I thought it was a long, dour face?

This is massively outing if my sister is on here, but when we'd been round to my nan's and made tbe obligatory mess, she used to say that the place looked like a Bomsytit.

For many MANY years I thought Bomsytit was a word for a mess.

No.

She said "it looks like a bombs hit it"

Not my understanding of tall, dark and handsome.
It's been around for years and was used to describe old style matinee idols, all of whom were white AFAIK.

Wow. I actually thought it was the latter too.

OP, I voted YABU, but discovering the above switched me to YANBU. Everyday is a school day.

Miaow!

So given that thrifty means careful with money, surely you can understand why someone may confuse this and think ‘spendthrift’ means someone is careful with spending?

Yes, I think I did 🫣

I always used to get secular confused - it felt like it should mean religious. Like it was something to do with sects.

I thought The phrase prodigal son referred to a person who’s been away from home for a long time and then comes back.

and now I’m confused!

A poker face is one that doesn't show emotion, so they're very good a poker as they never betray their hand by their expressions.

Not a saying but I remember years ago on a misheard song thread a poster thought Jesus was the Lord of the Dance Settee. I can never hear that hymn without laughing!

In context the prodigal son was a bit of the golden boy. He’s the son that ran off and didn’t care for his family, did his own thing, spent all his money and lived a lavish selfish life of hookers and blow. Then, on returning to his father was welcomed back with such open and loving arms the father killed the fattened calf and threw a feast. The sons slaving away at the family business all those years didn’t ever get a feast, but the whore meister prodigal got a damn fattened calf. 100% golden child.

Im a massive spendthrift to be honest so I should be more au fait (oh fay) with it

Nah damp squid has been around for ages

This is great! My favourite one was a little kid who did a nativity drawing. Their parent was like “I know that’s Jesus and Mary, there’s the donkey - but who on earth is that random chubby bloke?”

The kid said “That’s Round John Virgin!”

Can never not hear that now

I think its a cockney thing that bomsitit, is a word for mess, rather than a comparison with a bomb has hit it.

So my mum and dad, and wider family would say 'thats a bomsitit', meaning thats a mess

I think Rest Bite sounds better than respite! 😆(And makes more sense!)

Some years ago, I used to read The Radio Times, and look at what was on, and there would be say, a 4-part series of something, just those 4 episodes, and it was called a miniseries. So a mini ... series. A series that was mini - (like small...)

I thought it was pronounced - min-IZ-er-eeze. I thought it was some weird media name for a short series of something. MIN-IZ-ER-EEZE. Absolute plum!

It’s so confusing!

I have always thought it was Round John Virgin, assuming it meant something biblical relating to 'mother and child'. I just googled the lyrics and can't stop laughing! A fatty called John Virgin is much nicer though!

I hated Lord of the Dance as a child because I thought it was "And I'll eat you all in the dance said he"

I had visions of this man going around gobbling up little kids 😅