When John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence, he signed it very large "so King George III could easily read without his glasses".
@gregolm
Жыл бұрын
Also the first to sign it
@robertdaniels2549
Жыл бұрын
Take a look at an image of the original Declaration of Independence at it will be obvious
@raymondmanderville505
Жыл бұрын
The signing of the document was treason against the King . The extra large signature was a defiant gesture to a death sentence .
@anonygent
Жыл бұрын
It was a brave move because they were all essentially signing their own death certificate by signing at all, but John Hancock was like, "F it, let him see it in big print."
@HistoryNerd808
Жыл бұрын
Since you guys seem confused by it, monday morning quarterback comes from the fact that most football games are played on Sunday. Second-guessing is sort of correct but not really and definitely not in the way y'all probably are thinking. It's more somebody who criticizes someone else with the benefit of hindsight, like telling a QB what decision to make in a game once it's already been played.
@scottm2649
Жыл бұрын
Similar to hindsight is 20/20
@matthungerford6697
Жыл бұрын
Monday morning quarterback is definitely someone who criticizes with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. It's the same concept as an "armchair general".
@JustMe-dc6ks
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Criticizing after the fact, having had several extra hours to think, being under no pressure, and without proof that your suggestion would have worked better.
@skyjust828
Жыл бұрын
Many highschool play on Friday & college (or University) play on Saturday Sunday is national. Even so all don't usually meet again until Monday morning.
@radioflyer68911
Жыл бұрын
Bear in mind the big game is usually on Sundays. The Monday morning quarterback is a "know it all" who tells you how he would have done it.
@dalemoore8582
Жыл бұрын
And it doesn't always apiy to the game.
@karidrgn
Жыл бұрын
One thing is that you roughly know where someone comes from based on what they call a carbonated soda. Mid west its called pop, in South Any soft drink is called coke regardless of flavor. Most everyone else uses soda except Massachusetts which uses tonic. Texas and Arkansas use sodiewater
@Janice4th
Жыл бұрын
They are all coke. I had this exchange before: I want a coke. What kind? Dr.Pepper.
@johnhulstrunk4407
Жыл бұрын
The expression (getting or going to) third base is slang for sexual contact with genitals, especially when it happens for the first time between two people.
@Grynslvr2
Жыл бұрын
With a home run being coitus, getting to first would be kissing and hugging, second base would be more than hugging BUT still over the clothes, and third base would be touching under the clothes, or three quarters of the way to full sexual intercourse.
@olpossum
Жыл бұрын
My understanding 1st: Kissing, 2nd Touching above the waist, 3rd touching below the waist, 4th...where pregnancy can occur if it is between opposite sex.
@aspenrebel
11 ай бұрын
@@Grynslvr2no, not quite correct.
@aspenrebel
11 ай бұрын
@@olpossumno, home run = intercourse.
@Grynslvr2
11 ай бұрын
No, not quite a complete idea. Would you like to expand upon that and tell me exactly where and why I was wrong?@@aspenrebel
@susanstein6604
Жыл бұрын
In the late 1800s people used suitcases made from carpets.
@4kitties
Жыл бұрын
21MAY23: American here: 1) Monday Morning quarterback. For the longest times Am. Football was played on Sundays, to get the highest rating. Monday Morning quarterback is the annoying guy at work who after seeing all the replays of a failed score attempt drones on about,"What I would have done..." 2) Behind the 8 ball. Am. pool the 8 ball is the last ball you should sink. You never want your second to last shot to be "Behind the 8 ball"b it is a slang for being in trouble/difficult position... more than basic but not massive either. 3) For the birds no longer or not important: If you slice bread , you eat the slice, you don't commonly collect the crumbs in your hands and eat them, they're "for the birds." 4)Carpetbagger After our civil war, the south was in turmoil. People, especially politics, wanting to take advantage would fold a carpet over, seal the ends, to make a carrying bag. This term eventually became a catch all for someone putting their nose where it didn't belong. 5)Yes, she got it right! The 5th Amen means you can refuse to incriminate yourself by having to tell the truth. 6) Pork barrel politics. FYI: Another political reference. during wars companies sold salted pork in barrels, many times you din'know what you got until you opened them, once open, they were stuffed seemingly with everything but salted pork. Translation. A lot of promises made, bu rarely delivered on or replaced by something other than promised 7) "Put up your dukes," It is a challenge to a fight. He is right, British in origin. 8) "Bought the farm," he is correct. 9) Keeping up with the jones... an informal competition of social class warfare: It comes from when we expanded to. 10) He is correct again. 11) jonesing correct. 12) Third base is getting to touch her girl parts. She is pregnant, you are well beyond it. 13) Shoot the breeze , small talk/ informal conversation. 12) John Hancock, As the story goes when he signed the Declaration of Independence, he wrote his name big so King George wouldn't need his glasses to read it. The fact is, he was one of the Rchest Americans at the time due to shipping. It was all about his ego.
@StevePaur-hf4vy
Жыл бұрын
Pork, in American politics, is an unnecessary item that is added onto legislation. It's usually to curry favor from another politician. For example if a Senator from New York introduced legislation to give federal workers a raise the Senator from Wyoming may want a new bridge in Wyoming to be a yes vote on the New York Senator's legislation. To get that Senator's support the New York Senator would add funding for a new bridge in Wyoming. Pork is unnecessary spending and legislation that has nothing to do with the legislation before Congress.
@cynthiapeller2195
Жыл бұрын
Monday morning quarterback, a fan that says what he thinks would have been the better plays from Sunday night football game, an expert so to speak, from an ordinary person. Also known as an armchair Quarterback. Pork barrel politics, when congress needs more votes to pass a “bill” or law, not enough votes to pass it. So the holdouts (vowing to vote against the bill) unless they get something in return. IE… a road project, hospital etc loaded onto the backend of the same bill. One may say it’s a bribe? In fact it’s leverage for “Pork” for their district. Pork being the infrastructure project. Stuff the bill (pork barrel) happens everywhere, excess spending making them more popular in their home state. Any wonder Washington can’t control spending. Plead the fifth, y’all were correct. Right against Self incrimination. Stuck behind the 8ball. Billiards term meaning damned if you take the shot, or damned if you don’t take the shot. Lose lose situation. For the birds, y’all correct again. No value, except to birds. Carpet Bagger, post second civil war of the states, during reconstruction of the decimated south. Yankees that had cash in a bag covered in fancy “carpet like material” a sign of wealth (expensive luggage) would travel south buying homes, farms etc… from people that lost nearly everything. They were villains taking advantage post war. A term still used today in the south for the likes of say billionaires. Put up your dukes (fists) a challenge to a fight with fists. Grandma bought the farm, she’s dead and will be buried nearby the farm, & the debt was in her name. Difficult to collect, blood from a stone. Keeping up with the Jones’s meaning, the neighbor buys an expensive car every three years, the other neighbor notices & feels they must keep up. Flaunts wealth. Raincheck, y’all were spot on. Perhaps another day will be better, or the item on sale say @ Macy’s isn’t in stock. False advertising got you in the store, the store is obligated to give you a slip of paper honoring the price, we will call when it’s back for you to get it. Old term from when businesses valued customers, not as common today. Jonesing, hey bud can I have a cigarette but I won’t be paying you for that. Asking something for free from someone. Friends or strangers. Shoot the breeze, spot on. What did you do over at Jim’s house today? Nothing, we were just sitting on the porch drinking a few beers “shooting the Breeze” flapping your gums talking about nothing in particular. 3rd base, spot on? By now, someone has their pants off. 😂 John Hancock, first person to sign the Declaration of Independence, larger than necessary. Rumored to have said “let King George see that” So a persons signature is correct. The founding fathers were all British subjects before the July 2nd signing, the rest of them didn’t finish until the July 4th. George Washington was a British officer prior to this. They were all known in London, as they were in charge of the colonies, all known to parliament more so than the king himself. The crown ordered them all to be hanged. The war of Independence was technically our first civil war, British subjects killing neighbors, families divided, reprisals against loyalists vs rebels. Towns changed hands frequently, no shortage of bloody revenge. After which, the loyalists moved to Canada or returned to the UK. Canadians like to remind us of this fact, as if it’s relevant today. 🤣 Was a bit of fun for me to watch this episode.
@thatcat8442
Жыл бұрын
"That dog don't hunt" is a Southern saying meaning that your excuse is worthless. Like a hunting dog that doesn't hunt.😮
@nicholaswilkerson4394
Жыл бұрын
If it makes you guys feel any better, I'm an American and I didn't even know "carpetbagger" originated here. Legit thought it came from your side of the pond lmao
@user-jw6fp1pd9e
Жыл бұрын
Monday morning quarterback, guess he could have mentioned games are on Sunday. So a quarterback after the game is over
@Brandon-sw5ob
Жыл бұрын
The only time I hear the word carpetbagger is when I'm watching old westerns my old timey TV shows like Gunsmoke in rawhide Have Gun Will Travel LOL. I have not heard that terminology in this century😂 it's an easterner coming West.😂
@ginny5764
Жыл бұрын
Yes James, you’ve definitely been beyond 2nd and 3rd bases; you hit a home run and went “all the way”.😂
@chipparmley
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@hepunk
Жыл бұрын
rounded home plate lol
@shelleytorok1406
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Dormy69
Жыл бұрын
to put it very simply "Getting to 3rd base" is sex
@ginny5764
Жыл бұрын
@@Dormy69 I always heard: 1st base = kissing 2nd base = touching or fondling above the waist 3rd base = stimulation below the waist Home plate = sexual intercourse
@Sandman60077
Жыл бұрын
Monday morning quarterback means "it's easy to say in hindsight." It's that guy that comes into work on Monday morning and talks like he knows everything that the team should've done to win. I'm sure soccer fans are the same way, after the match is over fans are all like "they should've done this and they should've done that." It's easy to say after the game is over what they should've done. It can also be applied to everyday situations, like if one of your co-workers makes a bad decision it's easy to say afterwards that you would've done it differently.
@sandyp154
Жыл бұрын
Sunday is the day most football games are played. So Monday morning, people like to second guess every play the quarterbacks called during the games.
@ithilnin123
Жыл бұрын
Good explanation! 💁🏻♀️
@blinky705
Жыл бұрын
I was going to comment on this term but you did such an excellent job, no need for me! Well done!
@hoothoots01
Жыл бұрын
Must be regional. I never heard that saying. 🤷♀️
@Dormy69
Жыл бұрын
@@sandyp154 perfectly said Sandy I was hoping some one would point that out
@itiswhatitis-rn5sd
Жыл бұрын
Bought the farm comes from WW1. When a soldier joined the military he would get a life insurance policy for 10,000 dollars paid to his family. The cost of a average farm was 10,000 dollars, so if the soldier was killed it was said that he bought the farm. Now it is used to say someone died.
@kurtsalm2155
Жыл бұрын
When you are asked if you sold the farm, it means you gave up something valuable in a business deal.
@kristend344
Жыл бұрын
@@kurtsalm2155 Or "bet the farm", you put everything on the line.
@robertnelson1249
Жыл бұрын
Not only was John Hancock the first signer, but he signed it in a large font, compared to the other signers, so that King George wouldn't miss it. It was a big deal because everyone who signed it declared themselves a traitor to the king.
@badguy5554
Жыл бұрын
Another possible interpretation: Often times airmen would say "After this war is over I'm going to settle down and buy a farm". When an airman died in a plane crash they were then able (in the spirit world) to do what they said they wanted to do while they were alive. "Buy the farm".
@heinzbucksandcastle2053
Жыл бұрын
Overextended financially as well
@corawheeler9355
Жыл бұрын
John Hancock's signature is well known, not because it was fancy, but because it was very large (twice as big as the others) .... so the king could see it. We rarely hear that anymore.
@DavidZinselmeier
Жыл бұрын
it WAS because it was fancy
@jeffmiller7817
Жыл бұрын
DEPENDS on your age I guess... I use it almost daily when having people sign invoices and such... "Put your John Hancock right on the bottom line by the X"...
@Grynslvr2
Жыл бұрын
Legend has it that after John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature, he exclaimed, "There! John Bull can read my name without spectacles and may now double his reward of £500 for my head. That is my defiance." John Bull being a derogatory reference to the English King/government in general. That was pretty standard knowledge about 1960 or so when I learned it.
@philipbutler6608
Жыл бұрын
Most of the signers of the Declaration thought they would be hanged for treason. Many lost their lives, homes or fortunes. When someone asks for your John Hancock they want you to sign your name and pledge your Life, Fortune and Sacred Honor with your signature.
@philipbutler6608
Жыл бұрын
Google the Declaration of Independence. Look at a signed copy and you will get it.
@shawnb4938
Жыл бұрын
Here's a few. Riding shotgun, is the front seat passenger. Back in the Stagecoach era the person next to the driver carried s shotgun to protect passengers and often a payroll carried onboard. Road dog, a friend or friends who travel with you. Often it was an actual dog farmers brought along to help chase cattle or ward off predators. And my Dogs are Barking, or Howling, means my feet are in pain.
@kailynnnelson2435
Жыл бұрын
I'm very proud of you guys for getting the plead the 5th one right. This channel is paying off.
@zedwpd
Жыл бұрын
all of our cop shows they get
@stevennelson9504
Жыл бұрын
Carpet Baggers got that name because often when they traveled to the South, they would carry their belonging in baggage made from carpet fabric.
@odiebryer2144
Жыл бұрын
The term "carpetbaggers" started to show up for real after the Civil War around the late 1860's when the Northerners would come down and bring their belongings in a Carpetbag. They had a pretty bad reputation so they were mostly trying to swindle whoever they could. If you've ever seen the movie Gone With the Wind they show up in the South trying to make money off people's misery. Anyhoo, you guys did pretty good -- you actually knew some of those sayings! Good Job! ❤
@rea3645
Жыл бұрын
All were familiar and ones I've used, except "pork barrel politics" which isn't really the phrase as I know it. Instead, we talk about "pork" as politicians specifically getting funding for things (not necessarily really needed, but like a bridge or fancy park) within their own district, sometimes in exchange for their vote on a congressional bill (potential law)
@doomhunter697
Жыл бұрын
Pork Barrel politics, shortened later to 'pork' referred to the practice of giving government contracts to supply pork to the military to companies that help get them elected. The meat was often inedible or rotten due to substandard preserving.
@Grynslvr2
Жыл бұрын
Pork barrel politics IS an old phrase for exactly what you described. Nice job. The phrase predates me but I remember it and it being shortened over the decades.
@JoshColletta
Жыл бұрын
The version of the phrase most Americans are more familiar with today is "pork barrel spending," which is the practice of including spending for a project in a bill that that project usually has only the slightest connection to. For example, there could be a bill to increase federal funding for education in rural areas, and a congressman representing a certain area could add an amendment that includes funding to massively overhaul a small airport under the guise of, say, "providing training opportunities for the aviation industry." Education-adjacent by mere fact that the education would be taking place at an airport, sure, but that's an infrastructure expenditure, not within the purpose of an education bill.
@courtneyraymer6586
8 ай бұрын
One of the cleverest plays on “pork” and “pork barrel” was from Senator Joni Ernst when she made her initial run for the Senate. Her introduction of herself to the American public in a commercial that went viral on KZitem was thought to be what launched her political career. It has become a classic that can still be seen on KZitem. To anyone who’s unfamiliar with it, look it up for a good laugh.😂
@tylerpaschall4363
Жыл бұрын
A carpet bag is just a bag made from carpet material. If you've ever seen "Marry Poppins," the bag that she takes all of that big stuff out of is a carpet bag. They were very fashionable in the northern US in the mid to late 1800s, but they never really caught on in the south. So you could immediately recognize a northerner if they were carrying a carpet bag.
@bradreeder7635
Жыл бұрын
The term "carpetbagger" comes from the luggage the Northern people would bring when they moved to the South. They had bags made from old carpets, because it was durable, and cheap.
@lawyergrits
Жыл бұрын
It comes from the era after the American civil war, when opportunistic northerners came down to take advantage of buying cheaply particularly Southern estates in financial distress. Watch the movie "Gone With The Wind" to see the southerners talk about "Yankee carpetbaggers" with their luggage literally made out of carpet.
@bradreeder7635
Жыл бұрын
@@lawyergrits Yes, that's what I said
@octaviusmorlock
Жыл бұрын
I have heard the politicians thing too.
@JustMe-dc6ks
Жыл бұрын
Mary Poppins had a carpet bag in the movie. And for that matter was an outsider swooping in to solve other people’s problems. Though carpet bagger has the connotation of either not understanding the local situation or just trying to exploit the opportunity for themselves.
@skyjust828
Жыл бұрын
Mary Poppins carried a carpet bag.
@richardlong3745
Жыл бұрын
Getting to first base is like holdings or slight kiss, getting 2nd to second base is like really making with petting and some intimate tounching, getting 3rd. base doing almost everything but not all the way and a Homerun is going all the way with you partner. And you two have made it to the Major LEAGUES in baseball terms.
@orphu88
Жыл бұрын
I know all of these phrases, but I'm in my 50s. Most of these were used by people in my parents' and grandparents' generations (except for "jonesing"). I think I learned most of them from old movies, tv shows, and cartoons, so I'm not sure if people in their 20s would even know these phrases now, much less use them in conversation.
@tictacmoe6227
Жыл бұрын
I'm in my 30s and there were only a few we would use like plead the 5th and for the birds but we would say that shit is for the birds. I know what john Hancock is but haven't heard anyone really use it anymore the adults used to say it.
@zig_zag____1265
Жыл бұрын
I remember in the 80's jonesing meant you were craving some Mary Jane.
@givaFlyingFiggz
Жыл бұрын
Jonesing came from NY -- there was an alley or street Jones street? It was where you would go to get your fix.
@RedHeart1
Жыл бұрын
We still use “that’s for the birds” sometimes though and a couple others ones too.
@mylesgerson
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I hadn’t heard a lot of these.
@wilshade
Жыл бұрын
"Bought the farm" came out of WW2 era. Remember the scene in "Band of Brothers" when the soldiers are told to make sure they sign their families up to get money if they get killed in action? That amount of money, at the time, was roughly enough to pay off the family home or farm. So if a soldier died in combat he literally "bought the farm" for his family.
@NewCaney1
Жыл бұрын
Ww1
@karlsmith2570
Жыл бұрын
Actually, that phrase originated in WWI, not WWII
@mollymeanswell1224
Жыл бұрын
Have you heard of "a shotgun wedding" that's when people suddenly get married after getting pregnant....back in the olden days a father would find that his daughter was pregnant and take her boyfriend and her to get married by force with a shotgun. 😂
@jefflittleton2777
Жыл бұрын
Now that you know the reference of the bases are, i think you would enjoy listening to "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf
@KatzenjammerKid61
Жыл бұрын
Concur.
@scottmoquin
Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to get "Keeping up with the Beesleys" to be a catchphrase here in the US.
@lilliemcneil5447
Жыл бұрын
How about the phrase "That dog won't hunt"?
@zedwpd
Жыл бұрын
you're barking up the wrong tree
@lilliemcneil5447
Жыл бұрын
@@zedwpd That's a good one.
@bear4muscledfw
Жыл бұрын
I thought he said "shoot the beans" and I said what? (in my best James accent.) I only say shoot the breeze around my mom. Otherwise, we shoot the shit 😂😂
@mikek0135
Жыл бұрын
Just don't spit into the wind!
@BlissfullWulf
Жыл бұрын
@@mikek0135 Or tug on Superman's cape.
@anndeecosita3586
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@aspenrebel
11 ай бұрын
@@mikek0135oh! What's that old saying? ......... 2 things to remember as you go thru life .... never whittle towards yourself nor spit into the wind.
@aspenrebel
11 ай бұрын
@@BlissfullWulfnor pull the mask off The Lone Ranger.
@Grenader3000
Жыл бұрын
As an American this was actually very funny and entertaining thanks for this! great work! Also some of even I haven't herd of lol which makes it more entertaining.
@TheRapnep
Жыл бұрын
You must be very young. 😊
@briancallaway1690
Жыл бұрын
I'm 40 and there are some I didn't know either. A lot of it is where in the US you are from. I'm in California, so I'm not going to know things said in the south.
@rvt_h3d
Жыл бұрын
A lot of these phrases are really old. Especially carpet bagger lol.
@anndeecosita3586
Жыл бұрын
@@briancallaway1690 Which ones did you not recognize. Carpetbaggers is kind of slang but also a historical term. I remember it was discussed in my high school US history textbook as part of the lesson on Reconstruction.
@ExUSSailor
Жыл бұрын
"Third Base" is, to put it as politely possible, touching below the waist.
@ExUSSailor
Жыл бұрын
They're called "monday morning quarterbacks" because American football games are normally played on Sunday, so, they're second guessing somebody's actions with the advantage of hindsight.
@ulisesurbina7184
Жыл бұрын
For us, "Second Base" has meant touching above and below; "Third Base" for us has been a form of sex.
@BigMoore1232
Жыл бұрын
3rd base is everything but actual intercourse lol
@rockymountainjazzfan1822
Жыл бұрын
@@BigMoore1232 "Home run" is intercourse.
@BigMoore1232
Жыл бұрын
@@rockymountainjazzfan1822 No kidding.....
@delinarandoma1053
Жыл бұрын
" more than you can shake a stick at." "Can't never could." "Not worth a hill of beans." "Finer than frog hair." "Like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs." "Fair to middlin'."
@vodriscoll
Жыл бұрын
Behind the 8 ball is a very old expression. I have not heard anyone say that in decades. Definitely not a. modern expression. For the birds is also a very old expression. Not sure where he got these expressions from. Maybe old movies. If you went to a mall and asked 100 people at random what pork barrel politics means, I guarantee at least 98 would not know. Put up your dukes is what a little kid would say back in the 50's and 60's. It means "we're going to fight". To buy the farm is also old school. Does not mean dying. It means dead. He bought the farm means he died. I swear he found these expressions in a 20th century book of idioms. Kissing is 1st base. Touching above the waist is 2nd, below the waist is 3rd and if you go all the way, home run.
@arrobrewer2730
Жыл бұрын
Do you want to go to loggerheads on this one?
@Real_LiamOBryan
Жыл бұрын
I've said most of them in the last 10 years. I've never even heard of "pork-barrel politics", however. I've always said "behind the 8-ball", "put up your dukes", "bought the farm", and "it's for the birds". Then again, all of those saying can be found in the old cartoons that I grew up with, so maybe I just use older language because of that.
@jeffreyphipps1507
Жыл бұрын
@@Real_LiamOBryan pork-barrel politics refers to waste built into bills being passed. I've heard all of these, but then again I've lived all over the US and that might lead to differences based on region. I'm also in my mid 50's. Many of these I heard well into the 80's, but new lingo was common starting in the 90's
@anthonyramirez9003
Жыл бұрын
I had a boss that I worked with, way before the two of you were born. He was from England, and one of the best guys I ever known. He is not here now, he passed away. He came here to the states with his best friend, who was Scottish. I remember one time him saying.. "Oh don't mind him, he is from Scotland".
@fbksfrank4
Жыл бұрын
lol 😂, Cunk said the reason why the Roman’s didn’t go to Scotland was nothing was there and it was to much bother.
@cranberrylangers3095
Жыл бұрын
We do say things that are thick, or a large quantity are "fat". Like: "That's a fat stack of cash!"
@leadingblind1629
Жыл бұрын
We also use rain check in shopping in my area. If there is a sale, or you have a coupon, but the (usually supermarket) is out of product, you can get a rain check to apply it to the product after the sale ends or the the coupon expires.
@twinkstar7738
Жыл бұрын
Do they still do that? I remember my mom getting rain checks a few times when I was a kid, but haven’t heard about anyone getting it since then.
@leadingblind1629
Жыл бұрын
@@twinkstar7738 it probably depends on the company. Big Y is a big proponent of it
@josephsoto9933
Жыл бұрын
I remember that printed on (or on the back) the baseball ticket it says "Rain Check". That ticket has the date, so when you go to another game you simply show the ticket and the clerk verifies that the rain date is valid and you get a new ticket for that "other" game. Currently I'm not sure how it's validated when electronic tickets are generated.
@balletworkout1
Жыл бұрын
I live in the NE of US, we still use the term rain check.
@damnimloomin
Жыл бұрын
It’s so hard for me to understand Scottish people 🤣 I forget until I get a THICK accent like this but oof i didn’t think he was speaking English at first 😂
@knightni73
Жыл бұрын
Behind the 8 ball means you're stuck. If you hit and knock the 8 ball in before your other balls, you lose the game. In some versions of 8 ball pool, it also makes it a dead ball and you lose your turn.
@fbksfrank4
Жыл бұрын
If you are losing, try to leave the leader there.
@Grynslvr2
Жыл бұрын
From the internet: "...how 'dukes' came to mean 'fists' is that it derives from the Cockney rhyming slang - Duke of Yorks -> forks -> fingers/hands." Also see "Duke it out" meaning to fist fight.
@George-ux6zz
Жыл бұрын
American football is mostly on Sunday. Monday we tend to talk about the games. If a team lost by a couple of points we usually talk about how they could have won if they did this or that. That where the term started, Monday morning quarterback. However, it has expanded to encompass just about anything that should have been better if they would have done it a different way.
@AndoC29
Жыл бұрын
This video review was way "up my alley". A lot of these examples were "a piece of cake" to me. I love how some of your guesses were way "off base". "Knock on wood" you will have more great videos like this one. 😁😁
@zedwpd
Жыл бұрын
it was a cakewalk for me too
@jlpack62
Жыл бұрын
So, regarding the 1st base, 2nd base, 3 base, etc., there's also the term "striking out" which means that you failed and/or were rejected. It can apply to any failure, but it started with the meaning of someone being rejected by another person who was being pursued.
@aspenrebel
11 ай бұрын
Hey Joe how'd your day go with Sally last night? oh I struck out.
@seattleredhead8811
Жыл бұрын
I've read a lot of comments (not all, so sorry if this is repetitive) and no one has yet addressed "behind the 8 ball". In a standard (American) game of pool, one person tries to shoot in all the solid balls, while the other shoots in all the striped balls. But the 8 ball is the very last ball you shoot in once you've shot all your other balls in. If you shoot in the 8 ball before you shoot in all of your balls, you automatically lose. Being "behind the 8 ball" is referring to a really tough spot or situation, because if the 8 ball is blocking a pocket on the pool table that you want to shoot one of your balls into, but you can't because it would shoot the 8 ball in before your ball went in, you are literally behind the 8 ball and have to find some other way or risk losing if you take the shot. It's kind of like the saying, "between a rock and a hard place". (Basically, the 8 ball always goes in last, so if the 8 ball is blocking your shot, you can be SOL.)
@Sandman60077
Жыл бұрын
The bases are the four F's. 1st base French (kiss), 2nd base Feel, 3rd base Finger, Home base F***
@kippnashleymiller3752
Жыл бұрын
I knew what each base meant but seeing it written down made me laugh and still chuckling every so often.
@DavidZinselmeier
Жыл бұрын
close on 2 and 3 , but you missed
@Sandman60077
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidZinselmeier I don't think so. I know in the female version 3rd base is fellatio. What were you told they meant?
@raymondmanderville505
Жыл бұрын
The 4 F,s the way I hear it was , Find her , Feel her F__k her , Forget her .
@bookworm4174
Жыл бұрын
My understanding of for the birds is different. Perhaps I’ve been using it wrong, but we’d say something like “man this working the late shift business is for the birds.” Meaning it is something we really don’t like.
@Janice4th
Жыл бұрын
That was my understanding. You toss out to the birds the stuff you aren’t going to eat.
@ratlips4363
Жыл бұрын
Of those that signed the Declaration of Independance, John Handcock was the largest and most flamboyant. It was a "fly in the face of King George" and I'm not afraid to do so. Now it means your official signature on a paper
@unkeymoo
Жыл бұрын
HanDcock? 😂
@DivusMagus
Жыл бұрын
I am American and have heard all of these at least a few times but most are pretty old and not common and i had trouble putting into words what they meant as in context they make more sense but without it's hard to remember.
@megavideopowermegavideopow8657
Жыл бұрын
A lot of great football games take place on SUNDAY night so the day after is Monday so a lot a fans who watched the game talk about what”should have happened” second guessing the football team especially the Quarterback who usually gets the credit for the win and the blame for the loss so it’s called MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING
@GregInHouston2
Жыл бұрын
As I understand it, first base is kissing, 2nd base is breast, 3rd base is lower down. As a Texan, I know we have a lot but it's hard for me to think of any at the moment. I have seen your reaction to Liar, Liar; it was good.
@jno99
Жыл бұрын
Also getting to home base is obviously going “all the way.” These baseball terms referring to stages of hooking up are only used by kids, not adults so nothing about dating or getting to know someone, just the specific physical stuff.
@jeffreyphipps1507
Жыл бұрын
Shoot the breeze simply means to have a casual conversation. Two friends (or more) might get together and shoot the breeze.
@757optim
Жыл бұрын
Professional football games were played on Sunday. The Quarterback used to actually call the plays as well as execute them. On Monday morning, everyone became a critic and pontificated on what the Quarterback SHOULD have done. I.e., "Monday morning Quarterbacking". It's still prevalent - and not just limited to football. "Carpetbaggers" post civil war who came down from the north actually often carried bags made of carpet. "Pork" in politics is a reference to money spent by politicians, usually with a quid pro quo connotation. A politician known for getting monies appropriated for his state or district is said the be known for being able to "bring home the bacon". "Bought the farm" is used to say someone died, usually in a high risk activity. Lastly, you have hit a Home Run. ; )
@dalemoore8582
Жыл бұрын
Jonesing used to refer to drugs...jonesing for a hit of drugs. Now it means craving for anything
@tomhalla426
Жыл бұрын
A carpetbagger was originally a Northerner who moved into the South after the Civil War as a politician, or bureaucrat. Currently, someone who runs for office in a state or district where they have no ties. Such as Robert Kennedy running for Senate in New York, when he had lived his whole life in Massachusetts. So called as someone living out of their suitcase, a “carpetbag”. The
@gemoftheocean
Жыл бұрын
No, actually Bobby Kennedy was about six months old when old man Joe packed up the family and moved them to NYCity in Bronxville. Joe thought the Back Bay Brahmins would never accept them socially. And by and large they didn't. NY society wasn't as prejudiced to Catholics. Hyannisport was mostly for summer.
@StevePaur-hf4vy
Жыл бұрын
John Hancock's deliberately made his flamboyant signature large but not out of arrogance. He was quoted as saying "There. Now fat King George can see this all the way from England." The U.S. Navy had a destroyer named USS JOHN HANCOCK. Instead of using the traditional block lettering to spell out a ship's name on the stern John Hancock's signature was replicated.
@Me-wk3ix
Жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm wrong. I always thought if something was "for the birds" it meant that it sucked and you didn't like it. Kind of like was James was actually saying. Example: "getting old is for the birds".
@joelturner6312
Жыл бұрын
A rain check was also when a store advertised something on sale. Sometimes they would run out and they would give you a rain check so you could still pay the sale price when the item came back in. Now they just say supplies limited.
@TheBubbaClemson
Жыл бұрын
#PorkBarrelPolitics, comes from the south. Politicians used to have big FREE whole hog BBQ's and ply the people with FREE whiskey to make them like them and vote for them, regardless of their ideology or platforms... Kinda still used today
@SBC581
Жыл бұрын
The National Football League (NFL) traditionally plays on Sunday. The Quarterback calls the plays. Monday morning quarterback is the guy that has all the answers for what you should have done after something happens (with the benefit of all of the information)
@kristahannaman9920
Жыл бұрын
Carpetbags: Historically Inexpensive, soft sided, easy to carry luggage made from carpet material that was less heavy than leather, wood and heavy cardboard. Think less carryon fees, especially on cross country state coaches pulled by horses. Used by BOTH Northerns and southerners sand westerners, etc. However, during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War Yanky ‘reformers’ who came temporarily with their soft luggage in tow, many of whom were con men and exploiters and anti-Southern activists who came to take advantage and cause trouble and punish Southers were called Carpetbaggers. Particularly the conmen and exploiters. - a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. Unscrupulous opportunist.
@jrmckim
Жыл бұрын
Im American from Louisiana... ill play along too 1: "Monday morning quarterback" - I have no idea 😅 2: "behind the 8 ball" never heard this in my life 3: "for the birds" yes ive heard this. Where im from it means something isnt good or its a bad idea. 4: "carpet bagger" ive heard it but dont know what it really means. Its negative tho 5: "plead the 5th" i think every American knows this 😅 6: "pork barrel politics" never heard this. Maybe a sneaky politician? 7: "put up your dukes" means to fight or defend yourself 8: "bought the farm" ive heard this but not entirely certain what it means.. its something bad tho 9: "keeping up with the jones" means that you buy the latest stuff in competition with others 10: "raincheck" to do an activity later 11: "jonesing" desperately needing something 12: "getting to 3rd base" to have sex 13: 'shooting the breeze" chilling or not having anything to do 14: "john handcock" a signature
@rachelmaxwell5936
Жыл бұрын
I think others have given good explanations for “carpetbagger” but I’ll add that the term seems to come from the immediate post-Civil War era, specifically Northerners who migrated into the South as financial opportunists, often exploiting desperate Southerners whose lives had been ruined by the war. I understand they were very hated.
@kevinalm6686
Жыл бұрын
John Hancock's signiture is like three tims largerthan the others on the declaration. Legend has it he quipped King George won't need glasses for that. Regarding bases, considering you two are having a baby, James clearly got to home plate. LOL
@zig_zag____1265
Жыл бұрын
1st base is kissing. 2nd base is touching. 3rd base is oral. Home run is all the way. Lol. Bought the farm is the same meaning as kick the bucket. It means dead.
@thomasmacdiarmid8251
Жыл бұрын
"Shoot the breeze" - Millie had the right idea, wrong breeze. Talking requires breathing and pushing air out, i.e. making at least a little bit of breeze, so you are shooting out breeze when you talk. It especially applies to mindless chitchat that has little more significance than the breeze the talk makes.
@burnout_2017
Жыл бұрын
Ok. Try to do this gently. 1st base=kissing. 2nd base=boy gets his hand inside her shirt.. feelin up her breasts. 3rd base=boy gets his hand inside her pants and his finger....well, you know. Homerun=how babies are made or going all the way. These are pre-teen and early teen sayings that arent used much after early high school years and im doubting todays kids even use at all because now they just come right out and say it. If you want this comment deleted just let me know....i know it is still a little taboo in some places
@poolplayergus
Жыл бұрын
"Put up your dukes" because we're about to "duke it out" - resolve a dispute by fighting. Also known as "slugging it out"
@skyjust828
Жыл бұрын
"Jonsing" is often (🤔or was) used as a drug dependence thing if you were "jonsing" for another "hit" of your drug its just on the coming down part i.e. getting the shakes ECT
@mycomment474
Жыл бұрын
Armchair quarterback. = acting like one is the quaterback while the game is being played. As if the armchair quarterback is doing a better job than the actual quarterback.
@yugioht42
Жыл бұрын
Pork Barrel politics comes from the early pork industry doing salt cured pork. basically politicians would get a barrel of salted pork if the donations were good and basically it was a huge favor. Salt pork has lost a lot of favor as the need for preservation isn't as upfront. but the name has stuck. although its not that we can't make it.
@RebelCowboysRVs
Жыл бұрын
In 8-ball, the first ball you hit with the cueball on each shot has to be one of yours, either 1-7 or 9-15. Hitting the 8 with the cue ball first is a foul. And sinking the 8-ball early is an instant loss. So if the 8-ball is between the cueball an your ball, you have to bank the cueball off a wall in a way that it eventually hits your ball. So taken literally it would mean that you are in a hard spot to get out of. But how its commonly used is just being behind. Say you show up late to a marathon an it has already started, the officials may say something like "we will still let you race if you want, but you are behind the 8-ball." Or you may have homework from last week due in the morning that you have not started. Your parents may tell you your behind the 8-ball.
@mikephillips1043
Жыл бұрын
The monday morning QB was described awful its more like someone who talks about things they would have done instead of what someone else does based on hindsight. Its a term because on monday tons of people would talk to people at work about football and would criticize what happened like they would have done better if it was them.
@williampilling2168
Жыл бұрын
John Hancock was president of the 2nd Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was adopted. The fun story is, he had signed his name extra large, so the king could read it without his glasses. In reality, he was originally going to be the only one to sign the document, since he was the president of the congress. It was later decided that all in attendance should sign. The rest signed smaller, so as to leave room for all of the delegates. Hancocks signature is not just larger, its also were you would put a signature if you were going to be the only person signing something.
@tinaowens3772
Жыл бұрын
"For the birds" means something that is completely worthless. For instance, if you buy a gizmo and it falls apart the first time you try to use it, then you say, "this thing's for the birds."
@BigOleMatty
Жыл бұрын
John Hancock famously wrote his name the largest on the Declaration of Independence so the king could read it or something like that and so when you are to sign your signature people say stuff like "i'll need your John Hancock" or something like that
@anglend
Жыл бұрын
The reason "Monday Morning Quarterback" means to second guess yourself is because traditionally football games were (and are) played on Sundays.
@skyjust828
Жыл бұрын
"bought the farm= passed away, pushing up daisies, or kicked the bucket.
@brianburton6154
Жыл бұрын
The reason why it's your signature as in John Hancock is because, John Hancock had so much dislike for the British ruler that he wanted the king to know it was him who signed the declaration of independence that he written it so bold and much larger than anyone else.
@mollymeanswell1224
Жыл бұрын
Some stores in America will have an item on sale...lets say a TV and they will run out of those TVs on the day of the sale,so they will give customers a rain check which is a price of paper that promises that they will sell the TV for the sale price once they get more in. You bring the rain check back a couple weeks later and you can get the tv for the sale price.
@garygramling5618
Жыл бұрын
The legend I heard when I was a little kid back in the 1970s was that, when the signatories signed the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock heard that the British King (King George I think), had a difficult time reading without glasses. In order to make sure he saw his name, Hancock wrote it extra large, dwarfing everyone else's signature (and put it right in the middle of the document). This was to throw mud in the King's face, basically.
@mattslupek7988
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, it was definitely a KMA move.
@tahliasgoddaddy
Жыл бұрын
It originated in sports, but many stores will give you a raincheck if an on sale item is soldout. You get the raincheck and can come back when they restock the item and still only pay the sale price even though the sale may be over.
@janp719
Жыл бұрын
And now we use it if we need to cancel meeting up but want to reschedule.
@michaelrue1400
Жыл бұрын
I've heard P. T. Barnum originated the phrase when one of his showpieces couldn't be delivered on time, so he arranged for the people who had come to see it to get to come back and see it later.
@megavideopowermegavideopow8657
Жыл бұрын
Keeping up with the Jones- is when people usually neighbors try buy what their neighbor have if they buy a new car you go buy yourself a new car if they buy new furniture you go buy new furniture ,and if the husband buys his wife a new vacation trip you take your wife on a vacation trip etc….
@williampilling2168
Жыл бұрын
A great use of 1st, 2nd, 3rd base is the song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf. In the middle of the song, the announcer for the New York Yankees gives a baseball "play by play" of how well his date is going with a girl he likes.
@maxpeck7382
Жыл бұрын
Someone Bought the Farm can mean someone died or it could be used to mean someone screwed something up royally and got themselves harmed on that attempt at something. If someone says " he Bought the farm on that one" it means the person screwed up on that attempt like going off a motorcycle jump for example and then ended up crashing to ground. It is most often used to mean screwed up on an attempt than used to mean the extreme of someone actually "buying the farm" in referring to outright having died.
@skyjust828
Жыл бұрын
Homerun is full on sex 2 nd base is touching clothes on, 3 rd base is under clothing.🥺😳
@roseannepryor7220
Жыл бұрын
Shoot the breeze! Not bees😂 talking nonsense! How about this weather for example.
@bambamnj
Жыл бұрын
Being "Behind the 8 Ball" is never a good thing. It comes from the game of Pool and it stands for the situation where you're only shot is to hit a ball, where the 8 ball is between that ball and the cue ball. In strict pool rules, if you hit the 8 ball before your ball, you loose your turn, so being behind the 8 means you are in a difficult situation.
@kayne2889
Жыл бұрын
The only thing a monday morning quarter back is running is his mouth lol they're the know it all that has nothing to say until after everything is said and done.
@cjallen2
Жыл бұрын
“Put up your dukes” is actually from several iterations of Cockney rhyming slang.
@davidcwitkin6729
Жыл бұрын
The original Joneses were a very ostentatiously wealthy family from Connecticut who sent their children to the finest schools and who lived in the emerging culture of upper-class 1950s suburbia. Thus was born the concept of "keeping up with the Joneses" because all their friends and neighbors felt they had to keep up with them and follow the example of conspicuous consumption that they set.
@briankirchhoefer
Жыл бұрын
Jonesing used to refer to heroin users who needed a fix. Now its just someone who has a deep craving for something.
@mh_golfer
Жыл бұрын
When I was younger 2nd base meant going up her shirt and 2nd base meant putting your hand down her pants.
@megavideopowermegavideopow8657
Жыл бұрын
1st base is kissing and home plate is sex you can guess what 2nd and 3rd base are😂
@billbrasky1288
Жыл бұрын
Another one: “don’t piss on my back and tell me it’s raining”
@vernonsanders9696
Жыл бұрын
I'm an American, and thought this was fun to hear.
@RedHeart1
Жыл бұрын
Keeping up with the Joneses doesn’t have to mean keeping up with the kardashians or a celebrity, but it does mean to want to have a certain look to impress others that you maybe can’t necessarily afford.
@janetmoreno8909
Жыл бұрын
This is a reference from just after the American Civil War. Back in the day, luggage was sometime made from carpet like woven tapestry fabric. It was cheap luggage which people used when they rushed to the south after the war to take advantage of various business opportunities. It's usually used to negatively portray people who rush to exploit a situation or others.
@3DJapan
Жыл бұрын
If it helps pro American football is usually played on Sunday night. So on Monday morning some people are talking about the game the night before. Someone always thinks they know how it should have been played.
@danadnauseam
Жыл бұрын
Behind the 8 ball implies being snookered. Pork barrel politics implies delivering benefits for one's own district. Bought the farm probably derives from 1950's soldiers' banter when a comrade dies in action, as many of them would have had ambitions of buying a farm after service. Second base is specifically petting above the waist, and third base is petting below the waist. I think you can infer what a home run means. John Hancock was a Boston merchant who became a political leader during the American Revolution. As president of the Continental Congress in1776, he was given the privilege of signing the Declaration of Independence first. This signature was particularly large and with underlines. Hancock is reputed to have commented that George III should be able to read it without spectacles.
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