So weird - only Saturday night I was corrected by a friend when I said thats what I do, big crocodile tears, (during weddings - esp the royal wedding etc) and she let me know I was fake crying! I had no idea thats what it meant!
In my last post, I mentioned shedding crocodile tears after watching a particularly touching Chrome Ad
Shortly after publishing, a reader left a comment saying “I’m sure you meant otherwise, but crocodile tears are fake.”
Confused by her comment, I Googled “Crocodile Tears” only to find…
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jjgraich said:
WHAT? my whole life has been a lie.
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unpredictablemusings said:
I didn’t know that either… I love learning something new each day. =)
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truelifeiliveinnyc said:
I had absolutely no clue. I always pictured a cartoon crocodile crying the largest cartoon tears. Learn something new everyday.
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dearbaby said:
I always assumed just like you that it meant to cry in a dramatic manner - no idea that it meant to fake cry!
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forever-insatiable said:
Woah…I thought the same thing you did! Learn something new every day.
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lauracorrigan84 reblogged this from emphasisadded and added:
So weird - only Saturday night...said thats what I do, big crocodile tears, (during...
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muchlovekris said:
I had no idea!!!!
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mrsbostwick said:
I never knew this either…. omg… I been using it wrong my whole life too.
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debra3188 said:
Well! You learn something new everyday! I never knew that!
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itisinthelittlethings reblogged this from emphasisadded and added:
re-blog this. You really do learn something new everyday. I’ve always used this. Interesting…
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alexash said:
We always use the term to describe when little kids or babies cry just to get attention :) (In the cute way, not the super obnoxious someone-needs-to-shut-that-kid-up way, of course!)
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gracelandmomma said:
This is funny because mothers all over the world have used that term when their kids cry for no reason. You learned it just in time.
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kristinintheuk said:
Well this is news to me too. I always use that phrase!
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