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Toleman | 18:38 Wed 23rd Apr 2008 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why do people say for e.g.

It goes like stink...

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At a guess...

Stink is a euphemism for s**t, as in "s**t off a shovel"


22:13 Wed 23rd Apr 2008
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Yep.. or even "greased weasel sh*t" meaning a very rapid removal of materiel.... (note the spelling there lol)
22:16 Wed 23rd Apr 2008
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It first showed up in reference to running in R C Sherriff's Journey's End, which appeared in 1929. It later came to be applied to anything fast-moving, such as rain, horse-riding, working etc. I imagine it derived from the fact that smells do tend to travel fairly rapidly and all-pervasively!
07:47 Thu 24th Apr 2008

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