# What is your favourite slang expression?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-slang-expression/920978>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 19, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-slang-expression/920978 "2020-09-19T04:49:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-slang-expression/920978/61 "2020-10-10T19:09:44Z")

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I just recalled a favorite proverb I learned in Peru:

_Con paciencia y saliva, un elefante chingó una hormiga._

“With patience and spit, an elephant fucked an ant.”

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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-slang-expression/920978/62 "2020-10-10T20:45:12Z")

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Back when I smoked, we’d say “Want to go do some carpentry?” about having a smoke. As in, put another nail in the coffin.

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