In the days before dryers a washing machine had a thing on the side that had two rollers and a crank handle. The rollers were close enough to wring the laundry to squeeze out the excess water. Hence the name “Wringer.” If a woman got to close while wringing out the clothes she could get one of her breasts caught in the wringer.
by jehjeh3711 August 09, 2022
Like when you try to save some money on a tune up and, in the process of doing it yourself, break your distributor body and, in the process of putting in a new distributor got the timing all out of place so the car won't run and breaks down twenty miles from home in the middle of the night. In that instance you would tell the towtruck driver "Well, I guess I fubar'd that damn thing (At least that's what I told my tow truck driver when I did it).
by jehjeh3711 March 20, 2009
According to writer, David Mamet, he originally coined the phrase, said by Alec Baldwin, in the movie “State and Main” after Baldwin wrecked a car.
by jehjeh3711 May 04, 2022