Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1353arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-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-up34arrow-down1·2 days agoNot to be confused of course with “balls deep”, which is exactly what it sounds like
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 days 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-up10·2 days agoThis thread is a doozy, can’t tell whats real and what isnt anymore
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoDunking from basketball, right? right?
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoNo, dunking your balls is a little different
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoSilly. It’s from hitting a baseball so far that the balls deep in the bushes
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days 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?