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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

10 Expression Origins

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Audacy

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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We've been asked several times about the origins of several of the phrases that have become staples on this show, the Ola Bicholas, for a leaf this sake, why Ted knows everybody named James and several others.

0:09.0

But have you guys ever wondered about some of the other phrases that we use in everyday conversation?

0:14.3

You know me, I think about these things all the time.

0:16.6

Well luckily you could probably answer all these.

0:18.6

I don't know.

0:19.6

The Man's Group Top 10.

0:21.8

The men's group top 10! 10.

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10.

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Expressions with origins you would have never guessed.

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Here's one that apparently has multiple meanings.

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Rub the wrong way.

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It means to bother or annoy someone.

0:42.0

I can see how this would fit. As a budding young man trying to

0:49.2

sew one's oats, it took on a much different meaning for me, and one that usually meant I went home,

1:01.1

frustrated.

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Historically, early Americans would ask their servants to rub the floorboards the right way

1:10.6

so as not to leave streaks on the wood.

1:15.0

Heh, wood.

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Thank you for me.

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Thank you.

1:21.0

These are expressions with origins that you would have never guessed.

1:25.1

We'll see if we can guess indeed.

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