Never heard of it. 47 NE PA
SW North Dakota growing up.
I have heard of it, but it wasn’t used much.
Wisconsin, 1970s. We called it an “underduck.”
Wisconsin, 80s, yep. And Anaamika’s right - it was never “underdogging,” rather, you did an underdog or gave someone an underdog or “I’m gonna underdog!” Noun only, no verbing.
Same here, except that I was on the playgrounds in the late 80s and early 90s.
Manitoba, Canada. We used the term “underdog” as a noun also. I’m 37.
Also northeast Ohio in the '60s and '70s – never heard of it.
Midwest, 60’s. We called it “underducking”.
Seattle area in the 70s – that’s what we called it.
Northern NJ, '80s. Knew it, did it.
Grew up in Western Michigan in the 1960s, knew it and did it. How about “spider swinging” where you rode two to a swing facing opposite ways?
I’ve never heard of it in PA, central IL, CT, west TX. I’m not sure I understand what’s going on. Who is being entertained by this? The person on the swing or the person getting smacked in the face? Why do you want to get smacked in the face?
I grew up in Minnesota in a St. Paul suburb in the 90’s, and underdogs were very popular. I agree with the others here who have said it’s not “underdogging,” but “giving an underdog.” We did the spider swing, too.
Another one I’ve been thinking about is giving a buck, meaning giving someone else a ride on your bike while you’re pedaling. I bet that’s regional too.
Born in 1960, grew up in Mississippi and spent a few years in South Carolina.
I’ve never heard of it.
Seems like we did something like that but it was called a “giant push” among my classmates. I never heard anyone else use it.
Ruken, the pusher runs out from under before the pushee swings back down. Nobody gets hit in the face. You start out pushing, just let go and keep running.
ETA: never heard the terms “spider swinging” or “giving a buck”, either.
Here are Flash and Green Lantern underdogging Wonder Woman:
Late 1970s to early 1980s, central Indiana.
Never heard of the term, and reading the description, never heard of the actual act, either. Being pushed on a swing was a “sissy” thing for boys around here, so if the term or practice existed, we wouldn’t have been in on it.
I was born in NYC in 1959 and I never heard it called that. We did it all the time and it was usually accompanied by my mom yelling 'Stop that! Are you out of your mind? You’re going to split your skull."
Twin Cities & Albuquerque, NM. Age 25. The term was common knowledge.
SE Pennsylvania, early 90s, yes.
Western PA here. It was called an “underduck” as in “give me an underduck!”
The reason they were requested was that they were the highest push a person could give you. The recipient was usually told to keep their feet up to avoid kicking the pusher in the head.