Alex: Why Coupang Eats is taking so long
Coupang Eats: Sorry for late due to issues please check back later
Alex: FUCK YOU AND I WANT REFUNDS AND I AM GOING TO EMART INSTEAD
Coupang Eats: Sorry for late due to issues please check back later
Alex: FUCK YOU AND I WANT REFUNDS AND I AM GOING TO EMART INSTEAD
by Hyebun1 May 19, 2021
Get the Coupang Eatsmug. "Dog eat dog" is analogous to the idiom "every man for himself", which implies a situation in which fierce deadly competition is necessary for your survival.
Some of these recent definitions seem to be offended at this saying due to their ignorance of the origin behind this 500 year old idiom. Some people do not seem to realize that this idiom is NOT meant to be taken literally. So, why is it called "dog eat dog" you may eagerly ask? Well, the idiom is actually a play on the much older latin idiom "dog does NOT eat dog" (canis caninam non est), which originated as early as 43 BC and first spoken by Roman scholar Marcus Tarentius Varro.
"Dog does not eat dog" is a proverbial saying indicating that even animals are better than humans in that they don’t prey on their own kind. The phrase entered into English discourse in 1543. Eventually, the phrase got flipped and applied to humans and henceforth "dog eat dog" was born. Both idioms generally imply the same thing (that humans are capable of being merciless).
So to summarize, the idiom "dog-eat-dog" is derived from its parent idiom "dog-does-not-eat-dog". The latter idiom makes sense in and of itself, while the former idiom ONLY makes sense in relation to its latter.
Case closed and dismissed.
Some of these recent definitions seem to be offended at this saying due to their ignorance of the origin behind this 500 year old idiom. Some people do not seem to realize that this idiom is NOT meant to be taken literally. So, why is it called "dog eat dog" you may eagerly ask? Well, the idiom is actually a play on the much older latin idiom "dog does NOT eat dog" (canis caninam non est), which originated as early as 43 BC and first spoken by Roman scholar Marcus Tarentius Varro.
"Dog does not eat dog" is a proverbial saying indicating that even animals are better than humans in that they don’t prey on their own kind. The phrase entered into English discourse in 1543. Eventually, the phrase got flipped and applied to humans and henceforth "dog eat dog" was born. Both idioms generally imply the same thing (that humans are capable of being merciless).
So to summarize, the idiom "dog-eat-dog" is derived from its parent idiom "dog-does-not-eat-dog". The latter idiom makes sense in and of itself, while the former idiom ONLY makes sense in relation to its latter.
Case closed and dismissed.
Me: It's a dog eat dog world out there.
Some kid: No it's not. It never was a dog eat dog world. Humans eat humans, but dogs don't eat dogs.
Me: My guy, you are so heavily misinformed. Dog eat dog isn't referring to dogs, it's referring to humans.
Some kid: So why don't they just name it "human eat human" instead?
Me: Because context my guy, it's all about context. You see... "dog eat dog" actually belongs to the much older idiom "dog does not eat dog", indicating that dogs never prey on their own kind. It took around 700 years for this idiom to become flipped and applied to humans. And if it weren't applied to humans, well, that would completely negate the original meaning as that would imply dogs are merciless in which they aren't (most animals will back down from a fight if they lose, humans don't).
Some kid: No reply.
Me: Also since you took it literally, I'll have you know that from an evolutionary standpoint, dogs will eat other dogs if this is what ensures their survival.
Some kid: No it's not. It never was a dog eat dog world. Humans eat humans, but dogs don't eat dogs.
Me: My guy, you are so heavily misinformed. Dog eat dog isn't referring to dogs, it's referring to humans.
Some kid: So why don't they just name it "human eat human" instead?
Me: Because context my guy, it's all about context. You see... "dog eat dog" actually belongs to the much older idiom "dog does not eat dog", indicating that dogs never prey on their own kind. It took around 700 years for this idiom to become flipped and applied to humans. And if it weren't applied to humans, well, that would completely negate the original meaning as that would imply dogs are merciless in which they aren't (most animals will back down from a fight if they lose, humans don't).
Some kid: No reply.
Me: Also since you took it literally, I'll have you know that from an evolutionary standpoint, dogs will eat other dogs if this is what ensures their survival.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian August 3, 2021
Get the Dog eat dogmug. by Beau Mantor August 16, 2021
Get the National Eat Daymug. by SiL3Nt J September 8, 2023
Get the Rather eat my own shitmug. *in manchester accent*
bruv 1: "oi man, how was that garlic bread?"
bruv 2: "oh yea man eat barbadurkel!"
bruv 1: "oi man, how was that garlic bread?"
bruv 2: "oh yea man eat barbadurkel!"
by techfleecepig January 14, 2024
Get the eat barbadurkelmug. 24 hour infection typically caught at social gatherings that causes the host to uncontrollably eat every carbohydrate known to human kind in search of satiation that will never come
Erin and Rob got stinking drunk on Saturday night, which resulting in virus eating for the entirety of Sunday and part of Monday too.
by anonymous April 11, 2024
Get the Virus eatingmug. When you are really weird and scream something useless in the middle of a target or a shoprite or a whole foods or any public thing at all. Like literally every time I go to a store someone does this xD
1: Lick The Eat The Baby
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20, And everyone else in the store: WHO TF SAID LICK THE EAT THE BABY?!?!?
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20, And everyone else in the store: WHO TF SAID LICK THE EAT THE BABY?!?!?
by PoopmanNineTy7Seven April 12, 2021
Get the Lick The Eat The Babymug.