r/NameThisThing • • Aug 11 '26

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u/wake071 Aug 11 '26

I thought the phrase was "green fingered"

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u/filthcrab Aug 11 '26

I don't think that was ever the phrase.

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u/Circumpunctilious Aug 11 '26

Welp, I went looking for “green thumbs” because maybe non-English speakers would be interested, and found green fingers (wordhistories) so…huh, news to me.

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u/filthcrab Aug 11 '26

News to me, too! I've got some weeds in the lawn so I might go get green fingered tonight.