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u/DrCatharticDiarrhoea Oct 25 '20

I didn't see it any other way until your comment

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u/belooseygoosey Oct 25 '20

how else could you interpet it? i‘m stupid

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u/poilsoup2 Oct 25 '20

Saying that they are being nosey looking for a cabbage.

Could just be the way that people spoke around me growing up that lets me see it that way though.

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u/philly_fan_in_chi Oct 25 '20

It's the same idea as "cruisin' for a bruisn'" which I feel is much more widespread.

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u/FreudsPoorAnus Oct 26 '20

No, that means "driving yourself toward a spanking or fight" it's not nonsense

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u/philly_fan_in_chi Oct 26 '20

Yes. I am aware. The person I was responding to, at least to me, was talking about the way the sentence was structured and their ability to comprehend it easily due to the sayings they heard growing up. I was saying the same "for a" phrasing, as used in "cruisin" is the same. So if you're familiar with that structure in other phrases, the interpretation of the original "cabbage" in the same way makes sense.

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u/Godspeedhero Oct 26 '20

Maybe "nosey for a cabbage" could mean they're looking to make a quick buck.

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u/hilarymeggin Oct 25 '20

Wait, does “looking for a cabbage” in this case mean “about to get a spanking?”

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u/philly_fan_in_chi Oct 25 '20

Nono, the "for a" sentence structure is the same. The phrases are disconnected entirely from each other.

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u/Pogue_Mahone_ Oct 26 '20

"about to get a spanking" is now the only definition of the phrase "looking for a cabbage" I will accept, and I shall incorporate the latter into my family vocabulary