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Tits. Up?

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  • 23-12-2008 1:47am
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    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭


    I posted this expression in another forum and it got me wondering where it originated.

    Tits up is used to describe a bad thing, but really ? Tits up, that's good right ?

    Wonder how many looks this subject will get :pac:


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    davyjose
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    <nerd in dj escapes> Dead people are usually depicted as being on their backs, in which case the tits point skywards. Of course sometimes, when all she wants is missionary -- it feels like the very same thing.


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    antodeco
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    Isint it something to do with falling on your back so your 'tits are now pointing up'?


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    Epic Tissue
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    antodeco wrote: »
    Isint it something to do with falling on your back so your 'tits are now pointing up'?

    I think that's it


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    Senna
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    Well this thread went t...................... too easy


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    Epic Tissue
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    Senna wrote: »
    Well this thread went t...................... too easy

    to town. right?:D


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Tits up, belly up, their both bad, to me they represent death. Portraying the death of a man or woman, it's not good. "The company just went belly up/tits up" Catch my drift?


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    jester77
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    pics or gtfo...


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    The_B_Man
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    Brynlee Itchy Towel wrote: »
    Tits up, belly up, their both bad, to me they represent death. Portraying the death of a man or woman, it's not good. "The company just went belly up/tits up" Catch my drift?

    theres a "Yore ma" joke in there somewhere...


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    Steyr
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    Thought it was to do with drowning? IE Female goes tit's/face up and male is usually found face down in the water?


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    jester77
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    The_B_Man wrote: »
    theres a "Yore ma" joke in there somewhere...

    nah, that would be the tits down thread!


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    antodeco
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    jester77 wrote: »
    nah, that would be the tits down thread!

    More specificaly up, then down, then up, then down, and so forth!


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    Fizman
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    Just like when fish die. Their little fish tits inflate, resulting in bringing them tits-up on the surface.

    Sexy little fish tits.


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    antodeco
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    Tits? Fish? Inflate?

    Ideal woman right there!


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    Fizman
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    antodeco wrote: »
    Tits? Fish? Inflate? Dead?

    Ideal woman right there!
    FYP

    Amen to that brother! :pac:


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    The_B_Man wrote: »
    theres a "Yore ma" joke in there somewhere...

    Oh no you didn't.
    Fizman wrote: »
    Just like when fish die. Their little fish tits inflate, resulting in bringing them tits-up on the surface.

    Sexy little fish tits.

    Fish tits? Roflcopters?


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    IvaBigWun
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    Strangest thread move ever. There really is a board for everything on Boards.


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    Fizman
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    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Strangest thread move ever. There really is a board for everything on Boards.

    Ich spreche eine bischen Deutschen. :pac:


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    antodeco
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    *enters etymology into dictionary.com*


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    jester77
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    Fizman wrote: »
    Ich spreche eine bischen Deutschen. :pac:

    nah... und bist du ein bischen besoffen?


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    Fizman
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    jester77 wrote: »
    nah... und bist du ein bischen besoffen?

    Ya. Danke.

    Und on einen lessen seriousen noten, ich wohne auf Irland und ich bin funf und zwanzig jahre alt.

    Ich habe einen grose sclange! :pac:


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    davyjose
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    Yes, thanks.

    And on a serious note, I live in Ireland and I'm 25 years of age.

    I have one huuuuge schlong.


    //Haven't done german in twelve years, but thanks to a very affectionate German teacher, those words feel as tender and familiar as melted butter.

    Sorry Ety and Ling Mods, banning me won't have such a massive impact on my life - only here cos it got moved from AH, and I needed CLOSURE!


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    Hagar
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    Tits-up

    Meaning: Inoperative; broken. The term is also used to mean fallen over (on one's back)


    Origin:This is a 20th century phrase, probably of military origin. There's certainly no mention of it in print prior to WWII. It has been suggested that the term derives from the behaviour of aeroplanes' altitude indicators, which turn upside down when faulty and display an inverted 'W' resembling a pair of breasts. There's no real evidence to support this speculation and it seems more likely that the phrase is just a vulgar alternative to the earlier 'belly-up', which has the same meaning. 'Belly-up' is an allusion to fish, which float that way when 'dead in the water'. This expression was known in the USA by the 1920s, often related to bancruptcy or other commercial disasters.


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    tolosenc
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    What's its relation to "balls up"?

    An intentional corruption that crosses the gender line, perhaps.

    Balls up actually derives from horses walking through snow and snow balling up around their feet. Or summink...


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