# "It's had the biscuit" - regionalism?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-had-the-biscuit-regionalism/383442>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 9, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-had-the-biscuit-regionalism/383442 "2006-12-09T07:03:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-had-the-biscuit-regionalism/383442/101 "2016-04-30T02:52:56Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
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> **Brynda** said it. Four years ago. But since we’re here in April/almost-May 2016, I’ll contribute that I’ve never ever heard this phrase, but if I’d heard it in the OP’s context I’d figger it out.
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> 54, lived in Upstate NY, CT and CA. And spent 14 years in the military where you’re thrown together with folks from all over the US.

Interesting. I had no idea “figger” was a thing in those places. I thought it was a hillbilly/Southern thing.

And, yeah, I’d never heard the OP’s thing. And I’m born and raised in northwest Arkansas–in the Ozarks, that other hillbilly place.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-had-the-biscuit-regionalism/383442/102 "2016-04-30T07:34:10Z")

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The nearest British equivalent I can think of to the OP’s phrase “It’s had its chips”.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-had-the-biscuit-regionalism/383442/103 "2016-04-30T16:49:31Z")

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Nine years later…this is the first I’ve heard this phrase (guess I missed the post first time around).

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**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:** [April 30, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-had-the-biscuit-regionalism/383442/104 "2016-04-30T19:15:19Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Interesting. I had no idea “figger” was a thing in those places. I thought it was a hillbilly/Southern thing.

My expanded vocabulary from my military service. I was once attached to a unit from Jackson MS.

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**Author:** ![GinoC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@GinoC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GinoC)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-had-the-biscuit-regionalism/383442/105 "2017-11-02T16:20:37Z")

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Grew up in Alberta and now live in BC. I’ve heard it all my life, and always assumed it refers to a communion wafer. From previous responses, it really appears to be a Canadianism.

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