done thing
(chiefly, UK) Something done habitually or according to social norms, expectations, etc.
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Yeah. I think FWA was a once and done thing for me. I went in 2022. I just don't want to have to deal with Atlanta again. What an awful city.
Absolutely! Actually you're greatly underselling it....I can't even be upset that I was passed over - AGAIN - she's that qualified. I even went to the 'Julie Payette School of Management and Treating People Like Cr…
Ohh that's very interesting :0 It does make a lot of sense that the skin would be more sensitive! Also very interesting that the standard is to shave twice - I thought it was a one-and-done thing
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(chiefly, UK) Something done habitually or according to social norms, expectations, etc.
I wanted to be called Linda but Aunt Angela said that was a common name, you know, not the done thing, so I have to be Bella...
“Yeah. I think FWA was a once and done thing for me. I went in 2022. I just don't want to have to deal with Atlanta again. What an awful city.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Absolutely! Actually you're greatly underselling it....I can't even be upset that I was passed over - AGAIN - she's that qualified. I even went to the 'Julie Payette School of Management and Treating People Like Crap' but apparently that's not the done thing anymore.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ohh that's very interesting :0 It does make a lot of sense that the skin would be more sensitive! Also very interesting that the standard is to shave twice - I thought it was a one-and-done thing”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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