peeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.net to hexbear@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoYou wanna fight me hexbear?hexbear.netimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageYou wanna fight me hexbear?hexbear.netpeeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.net to hexbear@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months ago Put your dukes up, let’s go. What does this phrase mean? Are dukes fists?
minus-squaretheposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agoYes? Duke as fist is a pretty establisted bit of slang. The etymology is what’s gonna make you mad.
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoLmao I’d never heard it in that context and yeah the etymology is a bit oblique. I’m guessing ‘duke it out’ comes from the same root
minus-squarepeeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agothat or pictures of dukes for beheading and the like
What does this phrase mean? Are dukes fists?
Yes? Duke as fist is a pretty establisted bit of slang.
The etymology is what’s gonna make you mad.
Lmao I’d never heard it in that context and yeah the etymology is a bit oblique. I’m guessing ‘duke it out’ comes from the same root
that or pictures of dukes for beheading and the like