Gabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoYou learn the weirdest things on tumblrimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down12
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minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·16 days agoI think it’s derived from hunting; i.e. ‘bagging’ an animal or ‘got it in the bag’ for a project. Captured/caught/contained/completed. Probably not the most PC of origins, but implies A was chasing B.
minus-squareGabe Bell@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·16 days agoThis is why I feel old - it’s been in use since I was a kid (waaaaaaaaaaay back in the 80s) and probably before that. The fact people don’t know what it means… children!! You are all children!!! (Or, you know, from countries where it’s not used?)
minus-squareCris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoI feel slow for not making that connection, I couldn’t help but think teabagged 😅 I’ve spent too much time on the internet I think…
I think it’s derived from hunting; i.e. ‘bagging’ an animal or ‘got it in the bag’ for a project. Captured/caught/contained/completed.
Probably not the most PC of origins, but implies A was chasing B.
This is why I feel old - it’s been in use since I was a kid (waaaaaaaaaaay back in the 80s) and probably before that.
The fact people don’t know what it means… children!! You are all children!!!
(Or, you know, from countries where it’s not used?)
I feel slow for not making that connection, I couldn’t help but think teabagged 😅 I’ve spent too much time on the internet I think…