Steve wrote:By the way - don't google the word 'debride' - the images are shocking. By analogy with the word 'bride'. I had assumed it just meant something like 'uncouple'. However, it seems (I had to look at my OED, rather than the computer screen!) it is derived from 'bridle', and originally meant the surgical removal of any constriction (eg necrotic tissue) around an organ or pussy wound, that prevented it from functioning properly or discharging the pus. More recently, it has come to include the removal of any foreign bodies, such as dirt, from a wound. I'm a little confused as to how that word is working in this particular lyric though.
I remember getting transparencies back with holiday photos when I was a small child, but I never knew that's what they were called or what they were for! Thanks for the explanation - that's a very plausible theory! Is that a commonly used model? Do you know where it's taken from?
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