Can someone explain what ado means then? I was under the impression ado was like a big commotion, as in "Much ado about nothing". When did the ado = delay meaning appear?
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2025
1545 points (99.4% liked)
Microblog Memes
8545 readers
3409 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Ado isb actually a shortening of "to do".
So, at least originally, No further ado -> No further to do.
load more comments
(4 replies)
insert Seinfeld rant about taking reservations