[Ads-l] on = 'the fault or responsibility of'

[Joel Berson]

And "the drinks are on me"?  My responsibility (to pay for).  (Is this also AA?)

A very quick Google:


Congressional Serial Set - Issue 4234 - Page 155
1900




Joel


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It's one of those phrases that originated in the African American community at least 40 years ago and slowly went mainstream.  
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Perhaps somewhere, hovering in the background, is, "(Blame it) on me".

RH.

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I've been hearing this more and more, but I can't say when I first noticed
it - possibly long ago.

Not in OED, so far as I can tell.

Mario Rubio: "Our disappointment tonight is not on you, it's on me."

JL

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