Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
I never knew and got curious and looked it up. I guess it makes more sense than slamming your testicals against the wall.
minus-squareAItoothbrushlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoNow i wonder what the origin of “tripping balls” is?
minus-squareBigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 hours agoHave you ever accidentally stood on a ball (football/dodgeball) and tripped? If you have you may have an idea where the expression comes from. You trip really hard.
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·24 hours agoThat refers to noted hippie Mad Jack McMadd, whose balls were so big he used to trip on them when he got high.
minus-squareAItoothbrushlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoIf course, how didnt i think of that
Now i wonder what the origin of “tripping balls” is?
Have you ever accidentally stood on a ball (football/dodgeball) and tripped? If you have you may have an idea where the expression comes from. You trip really hard.
That refers to noted hippie Mad Jack McMadd, whose balls were so big he used to trip on them when he got high.
If course, how didnt i think of that