Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-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-squarehmonkey@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·2 months agoNot to be confused of course with “balls deep”, which is exactly what it sounds like
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 months agoIt’s when your shaft is so damn deep that you can only barely make out your ball amidst the shaggy rough entanglement. Courses like Oakmont Country Club, Ko’olau, and Pinehurst are some examples that can challenge even top golfers.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoThis thread is a doozy, can’t tell whats real and what isnt anymore
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoDunking from basketball, right? right?
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoNo, dunking your balls is a little different
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoSilly. It’s from hitting a baseball so far that the balls deep in the bushes
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe bottom of the ball pit!
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoMounting yourself on those balls at the wall?
Not to be confused of course with “balls deep”, which is exactly what it sounds like
It’s when your shaft is so damn deep that you can only barely make out your ball amidst the shaggy rough entanglement. Courses like Oakmont Country Club, Ko’olau, and Pinehurst are some examples that can challenge even top golfers.
This thread is a doozy, can’t tell whats real and what isnt anymore
Dunking from basketball, right? right?
No, dunking your balls is a little different
Silly. It’s from hitting a baseball so far that the balls deep in the bushes
The bottom of the ball pit!
Mounting yourself on those balls at the wall?