#shorten

What are they feeding him to be this tall

When you take notes and need to write fast (but often while texting too), instead of writing "per" (=for, to, by), you may spot Italians write an "x". This because "x" is the math symbol used in multiplications, and we read it as "per" (e.g. 5 x 6 => "cinque per sei"). So we shorten the word "per" as "x" : e.g. ti chiamo dopo x spiegarti = I'll call you later to explain you (actually we can shorten this sentence even more, but I want to focus on the "x" part alone for now); e.g. (fare) x giovedì = (do *this*) for/by thursday (imagine it written on a note over some papers or sth, maybe before your homeworks' list on your school agenda). It's very slang/informal so use it only with your peers or friends, or indeed when you write notes for yourself.

Lopping off parts of his draft article to meet a journal's word limit, the grad student feels his inner spirit slowly and angrily die.

Inktober Day 17: #drawthesquad #inktober2017 #afterhoursanimationschool

Bill Shorten - his plan for a stockpile of Crude Oil voted down in 2019.