Support per nom and since the primary topic isn't actually been disambiguated.There are 18 entries listed upon the Bite the bullet (disambiguation) page and the seven-sentence stub, carrying a single inline cite delineating the common expression, does not appear to possess such predominance as to overwhelm the notability of the other 17 entries. - Roman Spinner (talk Support per nomination Crouch, Swale and Rreagan007.Crouch, Swale ( talk) 20:08, 28 December 2021 (UTC) Bite the Bullet already goes to the DAB page so WP:DIFFCAPS supports keeping no primary topic for the upper case and WP:DABNAME supports moving the DAB to the upper case. Support aside from the philosophy mention in the "Other uses" all other uses are in title case so per WP:DABNAME like Friendly Fire also the film gets more views (3,311) than the general concept (2,701)] so its probably safest to disambiguate.Everything on the page being disambiguated is capitalized as a proper noun. c) buidhe 06:28, 5 January 2022 (UTC) īite the bullet (disambiguation) → Bite the Bullet – Per WP:DIFFCAPS.The result of the move request was: Moved ( non-admin closure) ( t No further edits should be made to this discussion. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. The following is a closed discussion of a requested move.
kotra ( talk) 20:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC) Requested move 28 December 2021
I've added the alternate explanation in addition to the pain management one, with citations for both, including the source you gave here. Source- 71.183.37.47 ( talk) 01:40, 17 March 2008 (UTC) Thanks, although I'd say the origin is still disputed. That tends to suggest the phrase was already public when the story was written. Kilpling uses 'bite the bullet' rather than 'bite this bullet', which we might have expected if the idea were new to the character being spoken to. Improvements in battlefield medicine has seen the real act of biting bullets migrated into metaphor, although it must still happen occasionally.įirst recorded in print in Kipling's Light that Failed, 1891. In the days before effective anesthetics soldiers were given bullets to bite on to help them endure pain. Im not so tech savvy, so i apologize that i am being ignorant of formatting, however i wrote the original entry on the idiomatic meaning, and i have found a source for the origin i know of from hearsay. I think at best it should say the origin of the term is disputed, and either link to the Wiktionary entry for more info, or follow the statement with citations like, , etc.
Is the origin of the term given here (patients biting bullets during surgery as a form of pain management) correct? According to Sacred cow#Historical significance, biting bullets was done as part of gunloading in the mid-19th century, and the Wiktionary entry suggests that it comes from soldiers biting open paper cartridges of bullets. Disambiguation Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation Template:WikiProject Disambiguation Disambiguation articles If you wish to help, you can edit the page attached to this talk page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project or contribute to the discussion. This page is within the scope of WikiProject Disambiguation, an attempt to structure and organize all disambiguation pages on Wikipedia.
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