Orsino
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Fri Dec-31-10 02:38 PM
Response to Reply #29 |
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DU is not a place where I could expect to insist that a given word can have only one possible meaning.
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| -Is 'balls to the wall' sexist language? |
pokerfan |
Dec-30-10 03:37 PM |
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Nope. |
Iggo |
Dec-30-10 03:41 PM |
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I think so, I wouldn't use it. |
jobycom |
Dec-30-10 03:44 PM |
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But all it means is 'full throttle" |
pokerfan |
Dec-30-10 03:49 PM |
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Yeah. |
jobycom |
Dec-30-10 04:00 PM |
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Actually, it is not sexist at all. |
av8rdave |
Dec-30-10 05:27 PM |
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nice etymological history - good to know! |
tigereye |
Dec-30-10 07:21 PM |
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Just because you missed the double entendre doesn't mean most pilots did. nt |
jobycom |
Dec-31-10 04:54 AM |
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Hell, yeah. |
Orsino |
Dec-31-10 02:38 PM |
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I didn't miss anything about it. Re-read the origin. |
av8rdave |
Dec-31-10 06:34 PM |
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So, for the second time since 2004 I wander into the Lounge, |
watrwefitinfor |
Dec-31-10 06:04 AM |
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If you believe that one,...... |
WinkyDink |
Dec-31-10 12:44 PM |
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You are just an anti-pikotite. |
jobycom |
Dec-31-10 05:15 PM |
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Um, fighter pilots are both genders these days |
av8rdave |
Dec-31-10 06:36 PM |
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Dec-31-10 10:38 PM |
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I thought it came from centrifugal governors? |
krispos42 |
Jan-01-11 12:31 AM |
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I think that's "Balls Out". n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jan-02-11 03:30 PM |
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Bingo! I remember 'throttle, prop, and mixture'. |
trof |
Jan-02-11 04:13 PM |
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Oh, for the love of God...! Cut that fucking politically correct crap! |
DutchLiberal |
Dec-31-10 10:36 PM |
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Not necessarily... |
MiddleFingerMom |
Dec-30-10 03:47 PM |
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if balls = testicles |
Kali |
Dec-30-10 03:53 PM |
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But it doesn't in this case |
pokerfan |
Dec-30-10 04:23 PM |
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then whoever called you on it owes an apology if you ask me! |
Kali |
Dec-30-10 04:40 PM |
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I had thought it was testicle oriented as well... |
NewJeffCT |
Dec-30-10 04:48 PM |
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But that's exactly why this phrase IS a bit sexist in current use. |
Orsino |
Dec-31-10 02:36 PM |
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So, if a batter in a baseball game has a count of 2 balls on him, is that sexist? |
av8rdave |
Dec-31-10 06:39 PM |
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I refer you back to "context is all." |
Orsino |
Dec-31-10 06:54 PM |
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I disagree |
av8rdave |
Dec-31-10 10:07 PM |
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we do it all the time. |
OhioBlue |
Jan-01-11 01:31 AM |
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I get your point, but... |
av8rdave |
Jan-01-11 09:08 AM |
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Happy New Year to you as well |
OhioBlue |
Jan-01-11 11:03 PM |
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No one's talking about "going back and changing the original meaning"... |
Orsino |
Jan-01-11 05:44 PM |
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Your last paragraph. |
Chan790 |
Jan-01-11 11:05 PM |
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Then could you explain how people unfamiliar with the original meaning... |
Orsino |
Jan-02-11 11:37 AM |
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Well... |
Chan790 |
Jan-02-11 02:05 PM |
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You're correct, but because someone who doesn't know better finds it offensive |
av8rdave |
Jan-02-11 10:26 AM |
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Right. Only someone who keeps using it... |
Orsino |
Jan-02-11 11:39 AM |
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I use it all the time. The people I use it with (male AND female) are informed and aware |
av8rdave |
Jan-02-11 04:53 PM |
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I couldn't ask for more than that. n/t |
Orsino |
Jan-03-11 08:57 AM |
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I had a baseball date once |
panader0 |
Jan-02-11 10:36 AM |
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Etymology is absolutist. |
Chan790 |
Jan-01-11 10:56 PM |
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I'll bet you a bundle of faggots that you are incorrect on this point. |
Orsino |
Jan-02-11 11:45 AM |
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except it was always, always meant as a double entendre. |
Capn Sunshine |
Dec-30-10 05:28 PM |
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Right. NOBODY TODAY is using it in ANY sense other than the off-color one. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-31-10 12:47 PM |
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If balls must = testicles, then please don't watch any sports events on TV! |
av8rdave |
Dec-31-10 06:37 PM |
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No. It has nothing to do with testicles. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Dec-30-10 04:02 PM |
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thanks! |
Kali |
Dec-30-10 04:36 PM |
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Thank you |
av8rdave |
Jan-01-11 09:15 AM |
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So you escaped from ATL and missed the blizzard mess out East. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Jan-01-11 12:38 PM |
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I've never used it because it made no sense to me, and sounded painful |
petronius |
Dec-30-10 04:24 PM |
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Is "man in the boat?" |
Inchworm |
Dec-30-10 04:32 PM |
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There will always be someone who will find anything you say offensive. |
madinmaryland |
Dec-30-10 04:34 PM |
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Witness some of the replies in this thread. n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Dec-31-10 05:44 PM |
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I think your post would have been better served |
lukasahero |
Dec-30-10 04:46 PM |
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Thank you |
pokerfan |
Dec-30-10 04:59 PM |
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Joby is wrong. |
Chan790 |
Jan-01-11 11:24 PM |
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Dec-30-10 04:53 PM |
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~ |
Moondog |
Dec-30-10 05:02 PM |
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ehh, I always thought it simply meant "intense" |
tigereye |
Dec-30-10 05:18 PM |
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To me to be sexist |
tinkerbell41 |
Dec-30-10 05:23 PM |
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I don't think so... |
one_voice |
Dec-30-10 05:39 PM |
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Sexist? I don't know. Vulgar, definitely yes. |
Redstone |
Dec-30-10 05:43 PM |
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Only Udo Dirkschneider knows for sure |
Throd |
Dec-30-10 06:11 PM |
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I can't believe how far this thread got before someone posted that. |
Withywindle |
Dec-31-10 07:06 PM |
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Nnnnaw! |
MrScorpio |
Dec-30-10 06:18 PM |
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Oh, the copycat threads I self-censored!!!!!! n/t |
MiddleFingerMom |
Dec-30-10 07:02 PM |
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I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. |
HughBeaumont |
Dec-31-10 07:02 AM |
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can i just say -- i LOVE cursing -- cursey type phrases? |
xchrom |
Dec-31-10 07:11 AM |
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No, it is NOT sexist. |
LucySky |
Dec-31-10 08:37 AM |
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It's a vulgarism, if that's what you wanted to know. (PLEASE don't use that "etymology with pilots" |
WinkyDink |
Dec-31-10 12:44 PM |
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Udo didn't think so. |
Forkboy |
Dec-31-10 05:20 PM |
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It wouldn't make any sense if it was supposedly sexist. |
Kaleva |
Dec-31-10 05:26 PM |
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"Testicles to the wall?" um, no, I don't think so. |
ThomCat |
Dec-31-10 08:09 PM |
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copykick |
MiddleFingerMom |
Dec-31-10 09:24 PM |
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all male children should be aborted since they are *potentially* rapists |
datasuspect |
Jan-01-11 07:04 AM |
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The Land of the Amazons |
Angry Dragon |
Jan-01-11 01:25 PM |
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is that "your way?" |
Skittles |
Jan-01-11 09:54 PM |
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Isn't "balls to the wall" another way of saying walnuts? |
Recovered Repug |
Jan-01-11 04:23 PM |
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Crude, but I don't see what's sexist about it. Kind of like saying a business went tits-up. |
JVS |
Jan-01-11 09:56 PM |
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I got called out for using the word "picnic" once |
alphafemale |
Jan-02-11 03:37 AM |
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no. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Jan-02-11 10:55 AM |
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Only if you can compare going really fast to |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jan-02-11 02:17 PM |
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splinters from wall |
Bucky |
Jan-02-11 03:05 PM |
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tits in the wringer? |
snooper2 |
Jan-03-11 11:07 AM |
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If it's supposed to mean "testicles to the wall", ... |
JustABozoOnThisBus |
Jan-03-11 11:52 AM |
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