OT Phrases That Don't Make Sense

[crandc]

Why are assists in basketball called dimes?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Why are assists in basketball called dimes?

I've always assumed it was because a dime is the smallest coin, and the implication is that the pass was so precise that it could hit a dime squarely. Much like the phrase "stop on a dime", meaining the ability to stop almost instantly.

 

[julius]

I voted for Trump.
I support DeSantis.
I'm dealing with a few transgender issues.

 

[Chris Craig]

I always heard it as colder than a witches titty in a brass bra.

I've always heard it as colder than a witches tit in May, which makes even less sense.

 

[Chris Craig]

But a lot of those do make sense.
No pot to piss in - too poor to afford a chamberpot
low man on totem pole - figures on a totem pole are necessarily arranged vertically, as are people in a heirarchy
and if you think witches tits are warm, you've never been to bed with an actual witch

on the other hand, you can eat your cake and have it too: when you eat it, you still have it, it's right there in your stomach.

barfo

The lowest figure on the totem pole is the most respected though. So, the way it's used is ass backwards.

So, they are cold huh...ok

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Anything uttered out of a cat's mouth.

 

[Chris Craig]

Here's one I honestly don't know about. Is "calling a spade a spade" a racist term? I could make an argument either way.

It didn't start out that way. It originally just meant calling out something for what it was, and refered originally to the garden spade. In the 1920's it began to be used to refer to black people and is listed as one of the many slurs against them. It came to refer to the card rather than the garden instrument, and spawned another racist saying, black as a spade. Several black civil rights leaders and poets worked to take it back. So, yes it is a racist term, or at least became one.

 

[crandc]

Since witches were traditionally burned at the stake, it's fair to say their body parts were hot, not cold.

 

[julius]

The lowest figure on the totem pole is the most respected though. So, the way it's used is ass backwards.

So, they are cold huh...ok

It's mostly done as a way to discount native american culture.

 

[Chris Craig]

It's mostly done as a way to discount native american culture.

That makes sense.

 

[wizenheimer]

Anything uttered out of a cat's mouth.

don't bad mouth cats