question about etiquet

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   Falsor Wingposted 7 years ago

   Is the expression "go balls deep" vulger or has it entered common use like gypped or screwed?

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      alternate poetposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Etiquette huh!  hang on I will go ask our Queen who is the arbiter on these things
      
      'Go balls deep' is marginally vulgar, 'up to your nuts in guts' is extremely vulgar but was common in the good old British Navy when I was there.
      
      what is gypped ?

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         Falsor Wingposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         yea well if i use my dads marine jargon anywhere other than around a bunch of vets who know my dad some shit's gonna go down. I'm gonna classify armed forces social morays as uncommon.
         
         I realized I use the expression simply as a means of conveying an intent to go all out etc. I want to make sure I don't inadvertantly torpedo myself in a job interview or some such thing.

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            alternate poetposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            For job interview it is best to stay with classical expressions, I advise looking up the keywords and expressions around the job aimed for and use them as much as you comfortably can without over-egging it

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               Falsor Wingposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               why doesn't Google have a helpful interview optimization tool.

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                  alternate poetposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  It does - put the job and the industry into Seaquake - choose the top listed words for your 'speechifying' and the most searched to go find the answers to the questions they are going to ask you ?

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         Rafiniposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         jipped = taken advantage of , an unfair advantage (correct?)

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            Falsor Wingposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            yes, its actually a racist term. it refers to gypsies. essentially its the same thing as saying you got jewed out of something except that the expresions been used for so long most people have no idea where the term came from.

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               alternate poetposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               interesting stuff language - all history is in it if we can find it.  Thanx for that - I think I might try and work up an anti-racism poem now, gypped - nipped - whipped -

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      cosetteposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      i think gypped is politically incorrect and anything with 'balls' in it, such as the phrase you mentioned and 'balls to the wall' are inappropriate in some settings, regardless of common usage.

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