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[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 46 points 4 weeks ago

Welp. Considering it does none of those three things, maybe it's time for them to go the way of the buggy whip

[-] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

Not from Britain but trying to get new slang every day what is a buggy whip.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 17 points 4 weeks ago

The whip used to whip the horse(s) pulling your horse-drawn buggy.

[-] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

Thank you for educating me... i do appreciate it....no sarcasm.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I did pause for a bit, pondering if it was actually some new slang...

Then decided if I'm wrong then it's only on the internet.

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

There's no stopping the start of its rebirth in modern slang. Someone just needs to give it a new meaning.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 weeks ago
[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ah shit, they be 100% buggy whipping in their whip.

That’s actually amish talk “buggy whip”

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting; here in Alberta a buggy whip is a flexible (fibreglass, at least mine is) flagpole for the back of your truck.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm, I'm guessing that buggy whips were more like a flexible pole rather than the stereotypical Indiana Jones whip.

So a thin flexible pole would make sense.

Like when you'd whack your little brother with a long bendy stick when you were kids.

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