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What does it mean to describe someone as a butt steak?
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In The Shawshank Redemption, the officer said to a prisoner:
Do you speak English, butt-steak?
What does it mean to describe someone as a butt-steak?
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What does it mean to describe someone as a butt-steak?
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For what it's worth, just about any noun could have served the same purpose as long as the tone of the delivery was the same. English is a mighty language :)
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What does it mean to describe someone as a butt-steak?
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In The Shawshank Redemption, the officer said to a prisoner:
Do you speak English, butt-steak?
What does it mean to describe someone as a butt-steak?
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For what it's worth, just about any noun could have served the same purpose as long as the tone of the delivery was the same. English is a mighty language :)
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For what it's worth, just about any noun could have served the same purpose as long as the tone of the delivery was the same. English is a mighty language :)
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For what it's worth, just about any noun could have served the same purpose as long as the tone of the delivery was the same. English is a mighty language :)
– Mad Physicist
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For what it's worth, just about any noun could have served the same purpose as long as the tone of the delivery was the same. English is a mighty language :)
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The key word is "butt". It's like calling someone an ass, but in a way that has a double meaning so as not to get in trouble from your superiors for using foul language. A butt steak is another term for top sirloin, so that's the double meaning. It was clearly meant as a veiled insult.
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Or perhaps a vealed insult.
– pipe
14 hours ago
Is top sirloin bad?
– Azor Ahai
12 hours ago
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@AzorAhai it's not bad but it's certainly not the best cut. ("Best cut" is subjective but I'm not sure of any criteria that would put sirloin at the ahem "top" of the list)
– MikeTheLiar
10 hours ago
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Some hearsay for you... I had a friend that was in the military (in the 60's) and he told me that superiors were not allowed to insult lower ranking troops so they would use "creative" names and acronyms that technically had a non-insulting meaning but everyone knew it was just a veiled insult.
For instance, they would call people a TURD which is another word for poop, but they said it was actually an acronym that meant "Trainee Under Rigid Discipline". Now that's not an insult - it's just a descriptive classification.
Police, prison guards, and the military share some culture. This could be seen as another way of calling the prisoner an ass (bad word for butt), but not really.
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You can stick "butt" before just about any word and it becomes an insult. "butt-head" and "butt-wad" are common (the latter literally means toilet paper left behind in your butt).
– Barmar
12 hours ago
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@Barmar, right, but the point is that a "butt steak" is a real thing you can go to the grocery store and ask for with a straight face. Just adding butt to a word is a "real" insult.
– JPhi1618
11 hours ago
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Most likely he was trying to subtly let him know that he was going to be treated like a piece of meat. Andy was supposed to be a fairly good looking man, and in male prisons, "pretty boys" were highly prized. Steak was considered highly sought after back then, so it's implied that he will be very desirable in the prison.
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There is nothing much deep here, it's just a plain insult.
Generally, Steak is :
meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. wikipedia
So butt-steak means sliced meat from a butt and is used just to insult.
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The key word is "butt". It's like calling someone an ass, but in a way that has a double meaning so as not to get in trouble from your superiors for using foul language. A butt steak is another term for top sirloin, so that's the double meaning. It was clearly meant as a veiled insult.
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Or perhaps a vealed insult.
– pipe
14 hours ago
Is top sirloin bad?
– Azor Ahai
12 hours ago
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@AzorAhai it's not bad but it's certainly not the best cut. ("Best cut" is subjective but I'm not sure of any criteria that would put sirloin at the ahem "top" of the list)
– MikeTheLiar
10 hours ago
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The key word is "butt". It's like calling someone an ass, but in a way that has a double meaning so as not to get in trouble from your superiors for using foul language. A butt steak is another term for top sirloin, so that's the double meaning. It was clearly meant as a veiled insult.
answered 17 hours ago
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Or perhaps a vealed insult.
– pipe
14 hours ago
Is top sirloin bad?
– Azor Ahai
12 hours ago
3
@AzorAhai it's not bad but it's certainly not the best cut. ("Best cut" is subjective but I'm not sure of any criteria that would put sirloin at the ahem "top" of the list)
– MikeTheLiar
10 hours ago
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The key word is "butt". It's like calling someone an ass, but in a way that has a double meaning so as not to get in trouble from your superiors for using foul language. A butt steak is another term for top sirloin, so that's the double meaning. It was clearly meant as a veiled insult.
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The key word is "butt". It's like calling someone an ass, but in a way that has a double meaning so as not to get in trouble from your superiors for using foul language. A butt steak is another term for top sirloin, so that's the double meaning. It was clearly meant as a veiled insult.
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Johnny BonesJohnny Bones
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Or perhaps a vealed insult.
– pipe
14 hours ago
Is top sirloin bad?
– Azor Ahai
12 hours ago
3
@AzorAhai it's not bad but it's certainly not the best cut. ("Best cut" is subjective but I'm not sure of any criteria that would put sirloin at the ahem "top" of the list)
– MikeTheLiar
10 hours ago
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Or perhaps a vealed insult.
– pipe
14 hours ago
Is top sirloin bad?
– Azor Ahai
12 hours ago
3
@AzorAhai it's not bad but it's certainly not the best cut. ("Best cut" is subjective but I'm not sure of any criteria that would put sirloin at the ahem "top" of the list)
– MikeTheLiar
10 hours ago
32
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Or perhaps a vealed insult.
– pipe
14 hours ago
Or perhaps a vealed insult.
– pipe
14 hours ago
Is top sirloin bad?
– Azor Ahai
12 hours ago
Is top sirloin bad?
– Azor Ahai
12 hours ago
3
3
@AzorAhai it's not bad but it's certainly not the best cut. ("Best cut" is subjective but I'm not sure of any criteria that would put sirloin at the ahem "top" of the list)
– MikeTheLiar
10 hours ago
@AzorAhai it's not bad but it's certainly not the best cut. ("Best cut" is subjective but I'm not sure of any criteria that would put sirloin at the ahem "top" of the list)
– MikeTheLiar
10 hours ago
add a comment |
Some hearsay for you... I had a friend that was in the military (in the 60's) and he told me that superiors were not allowed to insult lower ranking troops so they would use "creative" names and acronyms that technically had a non-insulting meaning but everyone knew it was just a veiled insult.
For instance, they would call people a TURD which is another word for poop, but they said it was actually an acronym that meant "Trainee Under Rigid Discipline". Now that's not an insult - it's just a descriptive classification.
Police, prison guards, and the military share some culture. This could be seen as another way of calling the prisoner an ass (bad word for butt), but not really.
answered 14 hours ago
JPhi1618JPhi1618
473310
You can stick "butt" before just about any word and it becomes an insult. "butt-head" and "butt-wad" are common (the latter literally means toilet paper left behind in your butt).
– Barmar
12 hours ago
1
@Barmar, right, but the point is that a "butt steak" is a real thing you can go to the grocery store and ask for with a straight face. Just adding butt to a word is a "real" insult.
– JPhi1618
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Some hearsay for you... I had a friend that was in the military (in the 60's) and he told me that superiors were not allowed to insult lower ranking troops so they would use "creative" names and acronyms that technically had a non-insulting meaning but everyone knew it was just a veiled insult.
For instance, they would call people a TURD which is another word for poop, but they said it was actually an acronym that meant "Trainee Under Rigid Discipline". Now that's not an insult - it's just a descriptive classification.
Police, prison guards, and the military share some culture. This could be seen as another way of calling the prisoner an ass (bad word for butt), but not really.
answered 14 hours ago
JPhi1618JPhi1618
473310
You can stick "butt" before just about any word and it becomes an insult. "butt-head" and "butt-wad" are common (the latter literally means toilet paper left behind in your butt).
– Barmar
12 hours ago
1
@Barmar, right, but the point is that a "butt steak" is a real thing you can go to the grocery store and ask for with a straight face. Just adding butt to a word is a "real" insult.
– JPhi1618
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Some hearsay for you... I had a friend that was in the military (in the 60's) and he told me that superiors were not allowed to insult lower ranking troops so they would use "creative" names and acronyms that technically had a non-insulting meaning but everyone knew it was just a veiled insult.
For instance, they would call people a TURD which is another word for poop, but they said it was actually an acronym that meant "Trainee Under Rigid Discipline". Now that's not an insult - it's just a descriptive classification.
Police, prison guards, and the military share some culture. This could be seen as another way of calling the prisoner an ass (bad word for butt), but not really.
answered 14 hours ago
JPhi1618JPhi1618
473310
Some hearsay for you... I had a friend that was in the military (in the 60's) and he told me that superiors were not allowed to insult lower ranking troops so they would use "creative" names and acronyms that technically had a non-insulting meaning but everyone knew it was just a veiled insult.
For instance, they would call people a TURD which is another word for poop, but they said it was actually an acronym that meant "Trainee Under Rigid Discipline". Now that's not an insult - it's just a descriptive classification.
Police, prison guards, and the military share some culture. This could be seen as another way of calling the prisoner an ass (bad word for butt), but not really.
answered 14 hours ago
JPhi1618JPhi1618
473310
answered 14 hours ago
JPhi1618JPhi1618
473310
answered 14 hours ago
JPhi1618JPhi1618
473310
answered 14 hours ago
JPhi1618JPhi1618
473310
473310
You can stick "butt" before just about any word and it becomes an insult. "butt-head" and "butt-wad" are common (the latter literally means toilet paper left behind in your butt).
– Barmar
12 hours ago
1
@Barmar, right, but the point is that a "butt steak" is a real thing you can go to the grocery store and ask for with a straight face. Just adding butt to a word is a "real" insult.
– JPhi1618
11 hours ago
add a comment |
You can stick "butt" before just about any word and it becomes an insult. "butt-head" and "butt-wad" are common (the latter literally means toilet paper left behind in your butt).
– Barmar
12 hours ago
1
@Barmar, right, but the point is that a "butt steak" is a real thing you can go to the grocery store and ask for with a straight face. Just adding butt to a word is a "real" insult.
– JPhi1618
11 hours ago
You can stick "butt" before just about any word and it becomes an insult. "butt-head" and "butt-wad" are common (the latter literally means toilet paper left behind in your butt).
– Barmar
12 hours ago
You can stick "butt" before just about any word and it becomes an insult. "butt-head" and "butt-wad" are common (the latter literally means toilet paper left behind in your butt).
– Barmar
12 hours ago
1
1
@Barmar, right, but the point is that a "butt steak" is a real thing you can go to the grocery store and ask for with a straight face. Just adding butt to a word is a "real" insult.
– JPhi1618
11 hours ago
@Barmar, right, but the point is that a "butt steak" is a real thing you can go to the grocery store and ask for with a straight face. Just adding butt to a word is a "real" insult.
– JPhi1618
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Most likely he was trying to subtly let him know that he was going to be treated like a piece of meat. Andy was supposed to be a fairly good looking man, and in male prisons, "pretty boys" were highly prized. Steak was considered highly sought after back then, so it's implied that he will be very desirable in the prison.
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Most likely he was trying to subtly let him know that he was going to be treated like a piece of meat. Andy was supposed to be a fairly good looking man, and in male prisons, "pretty boys" were highly prized. Steak was considered highly sought after back then, so it's implied that he will be very desirable in the prison.
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Most likely he was trying to subtly let him know that he was going to be treated like a piece of meat. Andy was supposed to be a fairly good looking man, and in male prisons, "pretty boys" were highly prized. Steak was considered highly sought after back then, so it's implied that he will be very desirable in the prison.
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Most likely he was trying to subtly let him know that he was going to be treated like a piece of meat. Andy was supposed to be a fairly good looking man, and in male prisons, "pretty boys" were highly prized. Steak was considered highly sought after back then, so it's implied that he will be very desirable in the prison.
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There is nothing much deep here, it's just a plain insult.
Generally, Steak is :
meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. wikipedia
So butt-steak means sliced meat from a butt and is used just to insult.
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There is nothing much deep here, it's just a plain insult.
Generally, Steak is :
meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. wikipedia
So butt-steak means sliced meat from a butt and is used just to insult.
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There is nothing much deep here, it's just a plain insult.
Generally, Steak is :
meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. wikipedia
So butt-steak means sliced meat from a butt and is used just to insult.
edited 20 hours ago
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There is nothing much deep here, it's just a plain insult.
Generally, Steak is :
meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. wikipedia
So butt-steak means sliced meat from a butt and is used just to insult.
edited 20 hours ago
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For what it's worth, just about any noun could have served the same purpose as long as the tone of the delivery was the same. English is a mighty language :)
– Mad Physicist
13 hours ago