Honestly I’ve never actually slowed down to truly parse the phrase “screw the pooch”. Well, now I have, and also fuck you because I used to be innocent 😭
Holy shit. I thought I was being witty using that idiom instead of screwed the pooch. TIL it’s already a thing, moreover the origin story of screwed the pooch.
The origin doesn’t include actually having sex with a dog though. “Fuck the dog” was just an expression for being lazy and “screw the pooch” simply makes it more palatable.
Anon screwed the pooch and is now in the doghouse.
Honestly I’ve never actually slowed down to truly parse the phrase “screw the pooch”. Well, now I have, and also fuck you because I used to be innocent 😭
Apparently, it’s the tamer version of “fuck the dog”.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/screw-the-pooch-etymology-of-the-idiom-dates-back-to-nasa-and-the-military.html
Holy shit. I thought I was being witty using that idiom instead of screwed the pooch. TIL it’s already a thing, moreover the origin story of screwed the pooch.
The origin doesn’t include actually having sex with a dog though. “Fuck the dog” was just an expression for being lazy and “screw the pooch” simply makes it more palatable.
Dog gone it!