Skip to main content

cutting onions 

A term used to hide the fact that you are actually crying due to being moved emotionally by implying that you are crying because someone must be cutting onions.
When Jack saw the video of the lost dog being reunited with its owner he began to tear up and exclaimed, "Who's cutting onions!"
cutting onions by TheRealDealToo January 14, 2016

ninjas cutting onions 

A slang term for crying while observing something tearjerking, such as a sad film scene. This refers to both a ninja's alleged stealth abilities, and the irritation of the eyes by the fluids in an onion.
I was watching The Notebook yesterday. Damn ninjas cutting onions the whole time..

cutting onions 

A term for crying at a video/tv show/movie.
Jack is always cutting onions whenever he watches the catch with dad scene in Field of Dreams.
cutting onions by KKnD June 4, 2015

Cutting Onions 

A general term for any sexual act, specifically involving penetration.
I sure would love to cut onions with Betty Lou.

cutting onions 

sex, or pertaining to a sexual action
Ryan and I were cutting onions after school
cutting onions by Thomas Oldham October 20, 2004

Cutting onions 

A banal term people on the Internet use to express that they are emotionally touched or are genuinely using the term as a pathetic attempt to hide the fact that they are crying.
Titanic finishes:

No one:
That one guy in the movies: Cries* Who's cutting onions?
Me: Facepalms 🤦🏻 ♂️