Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Jen Deaderick
Apr 02, 2022
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I am in no mood.

That expression originally always required another clause, and explanation of what specifically did not suit one’s current mood.

Now you can just say it and people get what you mean. No explanation required.

Taking literally, though, it means an absence of mood. Which sounds, actually, kind of pleasant. A suspended moodless state.

I’ve exp…

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