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TIL Where the word "scupper" comes from (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

Look at me, ma, I'm famous!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are people using the word scupper now? Have I missed a new slang?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I have never in my life heard anyone use the term "scupper".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a Bri'ish thing, innit bruv.

[–] Kowowow 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scuttled is far superior

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

TIL indeed!

Verb	Noun

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm from the coast of Maine, so lots of boat talk in my world. I once heard someone refer to another person as a "scupper cunt." I'm still not sure what that means.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It gets pretty lonely out at sea...

[–] OminousOrange 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Has no one swam in a pool and asked what the drains on the sides are called?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

... We call them drains.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was always just told they were drains. I never considered that they may have a specific name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

PUT HIM IN THE SCUPPER WITH A HOSEPIPE IN HIM

EAR-LAY IN THE MOOOOORNIN