• Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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.

    • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
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      30 days ago

      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.