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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4254559, member: 5833"]When someone starts expounding on a topic s/he returns to regularly & about which s/he has strong opinions, we say so & so is riding their hobbyhorse again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Institutional sexism in action, from Merriam Webster, 1934, definition of hobbyhorse:</p><p><br /></p><p>A stick, often with a horse's head or figure, on which boys pretend to ride.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4254559, member: 5833"]When someone starts expounding on a topic s/he returns to regularly & about which s/he has strong opinions, we say so & so is riding their hobbyhorse again. Institutional sexism in action, from Merriam Webster, 1934, definition of hobbyhorse: A stick, often with a horse's head or figure, on which boys pretend to ride.[/QUOTE]
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