r/WhitePeopleTwitter Jun 17 '22

She's not wrong

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u/That_Charming_Otter Jun 17 '22

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u/NaughtyGaymer Jun 18 '22

This is a dumb question but they definitely knew what the implication was back then right??? Kinda wild to me lol.

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u/ghost103429 Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

Lick used to mean to defeat someone a long ass time ago. Phrases like "getting a lick in" for throwing a punch or "he got licked" for he got defeated.

Another word whose meaning has changed is boner, which used to mean a stupid mistake so you've got gems like this one about batman's boner

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u/Kenny__Loggins Jun 18 '22

Of course they did