# Meaning of an possibly very rude comment. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116 "2013-01-14T00:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/21 "2013-01-14T17:20:30Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Despite what this board’s culture has led you to believe, not everything is a reference to hobbits. Ni! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/22 "2013-01-14T17:48:19Z")
Knights say “Ni!”. Knights eat hobbits. Raw. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/23 "2013-01-14T18:44:21Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Despite what this board’s culture has led you to believe, not everything is a reference to hobbits. Especially in this case - since a Hobbit hole is one of comfort - Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat. If they were, indeed, referring to a Hobbit Hole, I would say “Thank you sir, and Good Morning”. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/24 "2013-01-14T19:02:14Z")
An orc hole, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/25 "2013-01-14T19:33:33Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > An orc hole, on the other hand… Check it for treasure and get the hell out of there… ---
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/26 "2013-01-15T14:16:26Z")
Without reading any of the other responses, my first thought when I saw this insult was “Oh, this guy thinks I’m a bug. Because bugs live in holes.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/27 "2013-01-15T14:29:14Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Especially in this case - since a Hobbit hole is one of comfort - Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat. > > . What are you saying about my mother? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/28 "2013-01-15T18:28:03Z")
I always interpreted it as a hole in the ground, but yeah vagina makes sense too. Doesn’t really matter though, the person doesn’t like you either way. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/29 "2013-01-15T18:30:10Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What are you saying about my mother? That her hole is so big as to require a door, and possibly a revolving one at that? (j/k of course, I neither know yo momma nor have I visited her hole) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/30 "2013-01-15T18:48:05Z")
Like a revolving garage door. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/31 "2013-01-15T18:57:32Z")
The expression in general refers to a hole like a dark burrow or cave, implying the subject is like a rat, insect, or troll that is unfit for human company. I’ve never heard the exact wording reported in the OP, though. My first thought would be that the person saying the comment misspoke or misheard the expression originally. If the speaker is deliberately trying to tweak the expression to make it a more vulgar reference to a vagina … I’d roll my eyes because it’s not nearly as clever as the speaker probably thinks. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/32 "2013-01-15T19:05:23Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Like a revolving garage door. “help me find my keys, we’ll drive out of here” ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116/33 "2013-01-15T19:14:36Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > “…The expression in general refers to a hole like a dark burrow or cave, implying the subject is like a rat, insect, or troll that is unfit for human company…” Not necessarily… it’s also meant to indicate an uninformed person. As in, “go back to your cave where you’re disconnected from everyday life.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116.md?page=1)