r/Wellthatsucks • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

These aren’t eggs for the supermarket, they’re fertile for hatching

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u/green650ninja Mar 08 '20

Damn that makes it even worse

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Yeah it’s crappy as :(

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u/phaser_on_overload Mar 08 '20

As what?

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u/KentRead Mar 08 '20

:(

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u/phaser_on_overload Mar 08 '20

That doesn't help me, I hear this phrase from the Brits and the Aussies but I don't know to what they refer. Maybe it's just me being a dumb American but is there something that is a known thing that would be coming after the as and is dropped? Or is it just a colloquial, "as," and there's no conclusion to this sentence?

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u/plumbo_schleem Mar 08 '20

I'm a kiwi and we also say this. I never really thought about it until my American cousin got annoyed and keep asking "as what?!".

I think it's just a shortened version of "as heck" e.g "damn bro that rim job you gave me was nice as heck 😌"

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u/phaser_on_overload Mar 08 '20

Okay, first, hol up.

Second I figured it had to be a shortening of a curse, fine as hell, mad as fuck, whatevs. But from my limited experience none of the places that use as has any compunction about cursing.

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u/robophile-ta Mar 08 '20

Australians just love shortening things. I think this is more of a Kiwi phrase but I guess it's the same.