/blog/l/ Recent content in L on david@connol.ly Hugo en-IE Copyright © 2026, David Connolly. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:01 +0100 /2026/08/lemu.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:01 +0100 /2026/08/lemu.html <p>If lem is what you call the model behind its back, lemu is what you call it to its face, and the derivation is the same honest work: lem, you, said at speed, the you wearing down to a bare u the way all yous do after a long day of texting. The second person is thus just the third person plus a pointed finger, and the operator, running the two words together out of sheer laziness, believes he has coined something maximally casual — so casual that, when it is thrown back at him, his whole defence is four words: I only said lemu.</p>