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Oct 22, 2026, 9:54 AM@MicroSFF When Chesterton wrote the original, he said “Bogey” where “dragon” is today. Nobody uses that word for the Devil anymore, which was a valuable lesson to me.
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Micro SF/F by O. WestinMicroSFF@mastodon.artOct 22, 2026, 9:59 AM@Virginicus I assume people are more familiar with Gaiman's paraphrase of it these days, though they might not know the source.
I wonder if there golf bogey came straight from the devil bogeyman, or if it came via fighter pilot slang.- VirginicusVirginicus@universeodon.comOct 22, 2026, 2:47 PM
@MicroSFF I figure the golf bogey, like a deuce, came from the Devil. Curiously, bogey has survived in “bogeyman” according to the OED.