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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by carlmr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:23PM (#36382852)
>my GPU also just gave up the ghost

German detected, I don't think this is a saying in English.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by bot314159 on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:59PM (#36383211)
Is this a saying in German? I’ve definitely heard this in the UK in English before, referring to machines/electronics dying.
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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by carlmr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:03PM (#36383876)
Yes, den Geist aufgeben, never heard it in English from non-German speakers, but TIL.
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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by 20after4 on Monday June 19, 2023 @01:22AM (#36387578)
Along with letting out the magic smoke.
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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by hammycheesy on Sunday June 18, 2023 @03:03PM (#36383251)
I'm a native US English speaker and I'm familiar with this idiom.
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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by jstarfish on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:00PM (#36383846)
"Giving up the ghost" was the name of a BT song about dying, from 1999.

Werewolves in "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" (1993) would literally produce their ghost as part of their death animation.

I don't hear it often but it's been part of the English vernacular for at least 30 years, and certainly before my time.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by carlmr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:03PM (#36383884)
Interesting, it's very common in German, and I've only ever heard Germans saying it in English.
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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by mft_ on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:02PM (#36383865)
Disagree - common idiom in the UK.
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