# If I said I was going to "pinch a loaf", would you know what I was talking about? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699 "2013-12-19T06:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/1 "2013-12-19T06:33:55Z")
Just wondering, because it’s a phrase you don’t seem to hear much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/2 "2013-12-19T06:35:11Z")
I learned the term from a Cheech and Chong album when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/3 "2013-12-19T06:36:32Z")
Yes, but I’ve only seen it here on the boards. I’ve never heard anybody IRL use the term. Taking a dump, a crap, a shit…yep, common as. But pinching a loaf is quaintly SDMB IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/4 "2013-12-19T06:38:19Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Taking a dump, a crap, a shit…yep, common as. Yep. I’ll be dropping the kids off at the pool, all right. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/5 "2013-12-19T07:07:35Z")
[![](https://www.adrants.com/images/pinch.jpg) ](https://www.adrants.com/images/pinch.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/6 "2013-12-19T07:21:23Z")
[“An inch of pinch, please.”](http://www.amazon.com/Pinch-please-Goodman-Scotch-Whisky/dp/B00EVUATEM) Now pardon me, I need to go twist off a log. Gotta give birth to some butt monsters. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/7 "2013-12-19T07:51:09Z")
You are going to steal some bread, like a Dickensian urchin. Not really. It’s a crude phrase for having a poo. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/8 "2013-12-19T08:17:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Not really. It’s a crude phrase for having a poo. Well at least it doesn’t actually mention shit, unlike “having a poo”. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/9 "2013-12-19T08:34:12Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I learned the term from a Cheech and Chong album when I was a kid. That’s about the time period I remember the phrase from too. I haven’t thought about or heard it in years. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/10 "2013-12-19T09:05:31Z")
yes you’re talking about pooping I don’t remember where I learned it ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/11 "2013-12-19T10:25:33Z")
Why do they call it taking a dump? After all you aren’t taking it anywhere. FUNK DAT! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/12 "2013-12-19T10:35:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > That’s about the time period I remember the phrase from too. I haven’t thought about or heard it in years. In fact they explain the term in the bit. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/13 "2013-12-19T11:45:42Z")
Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl. I first heard the pinch a loaf phrase used IRL back when I was in the military, where you’d meet lots of guys from different walks of life. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/14 "2013-12-19T11:52:09Z")
yes, the last time i heard it was in a commercial for a toilet spray. the one i’ve not heard before is “cut a rope (at a party)”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZKLnhuzh9uY/maxresdefault.jpg "Girls Don't Poop - PooPourri.com") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLnhuzh9uY) ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/15 "2013-12-19T11:56:50Z")
Yes thanks to Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/16 "2013-12-19T11:59:49Z")
> [@](#): > > If I said I was going to “pinch a loaf”, would you know what I was talking about? Yes, 24601, the meaning is clear. And you shall be pursued for ever. ---
**Author:** ![Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/17 "2013-12-19T12:53:33Z")
Funny. My first impression was the bread thing too. Then I thought… Oh. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/18 "2013-12-19T13:23:37Z")
Is this an American phrase? I’ve never heard of it here in the UK… ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/19 "2013-12-19T14:33:14Z")
You mean “giving birth to a bosun’s mate”? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699/20 "2013-12-19T14:45:49Z")
Yes, and I really, really hate it. Blech. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-i-was-going-to-pinch-a-loaf-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/676699.md?page=2)