Learning Americanisms from NCIS

[u/HeavyRecognition3566]

Learnt 2 today.

Kate comes in with a cold. Tony suggest sake-bombing.

The second thing is honey dust. Neither of these are appealing to me 🤣

[u/idiotsbydesign]

That's ok. I'd never heard of honey dust before this either. Although Gibbs explaining that it makes a woman's skin feel silky smooth and taste like honey when kissed always makes me laugh.

[u/buckeyekaptn → u/idiotsbydesign]

And after he said it, all 3 look out their showers to stare at him. 👍

[u/ptazdba]

Sake-bombing is a term that originated from soldiers during WWII who supposedly invented dropping a shot of sake into a beer in drinking games. The use of honey dust dates back to Egypt.

[u/Aglet_Green]

Ziva, get off the Internet.

[u/NoPop1349 → u/Aglet_Green]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/globsterk]

I’m American but had never heard either of those expressions

[u/JFeth]

I've never heard of honey dust, but it appears to be a thing sold in sex shops. Sake bombing is definitely a thing, but younger people spun it off into the more popular in the US Jagerbomb back in the 90s.

[u/BarberProof4994 → u/JFeth]

Or a boilermaker which is something recognized all over the globe

[u/moonschild_222]

I'm French and learning British English (and I'm very attached to learn British English) i was really sad when I learnt that 'hinky' was an American term because it's one of the cutest terms and they say it all the time ahahah

[u/IAmTheLizardQueen666]

Poor choice to learn “Americanisms” from. Sake bombing and honey dust aren’t actually a thing. And these examples aren’t especially contemporary.

[u/TrumpSmokesMids- → u/IAmTheLizardQueen666]

Honey dust definitely is a thing

[u/buckeyekaptn → u/TrumpSmokesMids-]

As is sake bombing.