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Yes, I’ve heard it, but considering the pushback most have to its usage, I think the 200-some-odd year head start of “locked and loaded” over “cocked and loaded” or even “cocked and locked” is far more influential in common parlance.
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Whenever someone pauses to comprehend, or criticizes the usage of an idiom, or the usage of an idiom derails a conversation, or appears adds unnecessary ambiguity/uncertainty, that’s pushback. This is the mechanism by which common usage is resolved.
This is all just descriptive linguistics, though. You can’t prescribe the usage of a language; you can only describe how its used, and conjecture as to why it is so used. Language changes, usage fades or usage ingrains itself into a local dialect or jargon, and through contact and linguistic exchange, to the common parlance of the language at large. Some even transcend language.
“Locked and Loaded” seems to be here to stay, but language is fickle.
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What're you talking about? Where are you finding this supposed "pushback"?
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Whenever someone pauses to comprehend, or criticizes the usage of an idiom, or the usage of an idiom derails a conversation, or appears adds unnecessary ambiguity/uncertainty, that’s pushback. This is the mechanism by which common usage is resolved.
This is all just descriptive linguistics, though. You can’t prescribe the usage of a language; you can only describe how its used, and conjecture as to why it is so used. Language changes, usage fades or usage ingrains itself into a local dialect or jargon, and through contact and linguistic exchange, to the common parlance of the language at large. Some even transcend language.
“Locked and Loaded” seems to be here to stay, but language is fickle.