• Cosmic Cleric
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    41 year ago

    but couldn’t argue their way into a root in a brothel.

    Almost afraid to ask, but, ‘root’?

      • Cosmic Cleric
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        21 year ago

        Aussie slang; root = fuck.

        Thanks, learned something new.

        • Instigate
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          21 year ago

          No worries mate! I’m not 100% sure but I’ve been told that it comes from another Aussie slang saying - when something is ‘rooted’ it’s ‘fucked’, meaning that it’s messed up in some way, which comes from how tree roots mess up plumbing/foundation of a house.

          If a house is ‘rooted’ then it’s fucked beyond repair, so by extension root = fuck for its other meaning (to have sex).

    • @samus12345
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      11 year ago

      A misspelling of “room,” perhaps?

      • Cosmic Cleric
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        21 year ago

        A misspelling of “room,” perhaps?

        I’ll buy that for $1.