For a cultural reference, “on the warpath” is what the Indians (native American tribes) were on in old cowboy movies. I don’t know if it is considered culturally insensitive to use the term now.
On the warpath is used in a more modern sense for anyone who is upset and going crazy about a problem they having. Such as a child who refuses to listen to the parent and the parent is going crazy about it and works hard at making the child behave. It might be said that the child is on the warpath in what he is doing which upsets the parent or that the parent is on the warpath trying to get the child to behave.
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She’s been crabby lately. So it’s time for crab rehab. It’s just the rhyme, nothing deeper.
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I agree with Dvandom, but now I wonder what the “cultural references” are.
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A number of “Cranky Crabs” here, but no dominant one.
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Mutts, from August 9 to 23, had about 5 strips with a crabby crab.
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For a cultural reference, “on the warpath” is what the Indians (native American tribes) were on in old cowboy movies. I don’t know if it is considered culturally insensitive to use the term now.
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And I was assuming it was a PMS or menopause joke – though that’s not stated in the text.
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On the warpath is used in a more modern sense for anyone who is upset and going crazy about a problem they having. Such as a child who refuses to listen to the parent and the parent is going crazy about it and works hard at making the child behave. It might be said that the child is on the warpath in what he is doing which upsets the parent or that the parent is on the warpath trying to get the child to behave.
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