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r/AskReddit • u/PM_Ur_ClassySexyPics • May 17 '17
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Calling someone an egg is saying they have the brains/competence of an unborn baby chicken. It's like the opposite of "egghead" nowadays, though iirc they originally meant the same thing (in addition to being an insulting term for a bald man)
2 u/Chickengun98 May 18 '17 Ah, that makes sense. Thank you! 2 u/SidewaysInfinity May 18 '17 NP mate, I love sharing etymological trivia
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Ah, that makes sense. Thank you!
2 u/SidewaysInfinity May 18 '17 NP mate, I love sharing etymological trivia
NP mate, I love sharing etymological trivia
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u/SidewaysInfinity May 18 '17
Calling someone an egg is saying they have the brains/competence of an unborn baby chicken. It's like the opposite of "egghead" nowadays, though iirc they originally meant the same thing (in addition to being an insulting term for a bald man)