{"id":13829,"date":"2026-06-14T20:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/?p=13829"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:56:24","slug":"13829","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/14\/13829\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:7322,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Truce_term&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260506053800\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Truce_term&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-14 20:57:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-14 20:57:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>\n<p>Just randomly recalled that as a kid, we used to say \u2018fainites\u2019 when asking for mercy or a time out. I thought it was a weird word made up amongst some friends. It <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Truce_term\" title=\"Wikipedia: Truce term\">turns out<\/a> that it was a real word used throughout southern England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/14\/13829\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to \"><div class='e-content p-summary'>Just randomly recalled that as a kid, we used to say \u2018fainites\u2019 when asking for mercy or a time out. I thought it was a weird word made up amongst some friends. 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