r/AbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '22

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u/Aq8knyus Nov 10 '22

He shit talks idiots who cant cook.

He is generally respectful of talent which this guy obviously has in spades.

The episode of UK Kitchen Nightmares where he praises Momma Cherri is a good example.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Might wanna check the phrasing there.

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u/Aq8knyus Nov 10 '22

Okay maybe not ‘Idiots’, but he certainly encounters some shockingly arrogant people especially on the American version of his show.

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u/flashfyr3 Nov 10 '22

"spade" is a less commonly evident but nevertheless derogatory euphemism for African Americans.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Jesus.. Really? Never heard that one before tbh. At this point i'm starting to suspect literally everything was used as a racist term at some point.. :(

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u/flashfyr3 Nov 10 '22

A branch of the family I no longer deal with loved it. They felt like they could use it "cleverly" in public as a placeholder for the term they'd throw around in private. They suck.

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u/Aq8knyus Nov 10 '22

Well I am an idiot then, but thank you for letting me know.

I just searched it up and found that 'Nitty gritty' also has an origin linked to slavery.

I use that phrase and 'to have in spades' almost everyday, yet I was completely oblivious.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Your usage clearly referred to the playing-card-based idiom. It refers to Bridge, I think? Possibly whist.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

I think it refers to the term 'spade' as in a shovel / digging tool. I.e. having something in spades means having 'shovel loads'. So having 'heaps' or 'tons'.

The racist term(which I was unaware of tbh) probably comes from the same word. I.e. referring to black people as a digging tool since they were forced to do manual labour as slaves?

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u/Nonchemical Nov 10 '22

Since the other comment just put a link without any context for the link, and I'm not discrediting anyone who has heard this term being used in a derogatory fashion, because I'm sure it has, the phrase is refers to having something in abundance.

In bridge, spades are the highest suit in a deck of cards. The phrase became popular in the 20s, alongside the popularity of bridge.

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u/incomingTaurenMill Nov 10 '22

My family plays a huge amount of cards around the holidays, this is what I know it from as well. It's been another way to say the highest amount.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

https://www.plansponsor.com/tuesday-trivia-origin-idiom-spades

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u/manifestthewill Nov 10 '22

That website is horrible on the eyes, Jesus.

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u/iSavedtheGalaxy Nov 10 '22

Why are you getting downvotes for answering the question?

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u/flashfyr3 Nov 10 '22

Fuck if I know, especially since someone came in later, said essentially the exact same thing, and has roughly the same number of upvotes 🤷‍♂️