parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agoWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?message-squaremessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month ago “Bread and butter”, said to your partner when they’re about to split a pole while you’re walking. What? I understood close to zero of the meaning of anything in this sentence.
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSay you and your significant other are out walking, and your significant other is about to walk around a pole, allowing the pole to come between you. That’s called splitting a pole and it is considered bad luck as a portent of something coming between you in your relationship. Bread and butter is just the older way of saying don’t split the pole.
What? I understood close to zero of the meaning of anything in this sentence.
Say you and your significant other are out walking, and your significant other is about to walk around a pole, allowing the pole to come between you.
That’s called splitting a pole and it is considered bad luck as a portent of something coming between you in your relationship.
Bread and butter is just the older way of saying don’t split the pole.