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Posted: 11/17/2019 6:21:56 PM EDT
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What is assprap? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Crack smoking thugs. Mistakenly adopted by some who thought it just meant badass. Not really a term of endearment unless you are looking to turn them loose on someone who asspraped you. 
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Posted: 11/17/2019 6:22:59 PM EDT
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Back in the late 70s and 80s the term "pipe hitter" and pipe hitters union was used as a slang for guys who were getting laid. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 6:26:12 PM EDT
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Where? “Laying pipe” yes. “Pipe hitter” no. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Back in the late 70s and 80s the term "pipe hitter" and pipe hitters union was used as a slang for guys who were getting laid. 
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Posted: 11/17/2019 6:28:26 PM EDT
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100% this. Somebody too young to remember the crack epidemic heard the term in Pulp Fiction and thought it meant “badass,” completely missing the context. Makes me laugh anytime I read it. I asked this a few years ago, and one awesome arfcommer actually dug up a newspaper article from San Francisco in the early 1900s that references pipehitters as opium addicts. It’s an OLD drug term Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It certainly meant crack using individuals but was misinterpreted to mean individuals who would use pieces of plumbing or fencing as cudgels and "pipehitter" became a term for what some might call a "bad hombre". This isn't much different from how this place has mangled some meanings,such as neckbeard. Somebody too young to remember the crack epidemic heard the term in Pulp Fiction and thought it meant “badass,” completely missing the context. Makes me laugh anytime I read it. I asked this a few years ago, and one awesome arfcommer actually dug up a newspaper article from San Francisco in the early 1900s that references pipehitters as opium addicts. It’s an OLD drug term Pulp Fiction came out in '94. The SF association didn't surface until later. Someone saw the movie, didn't understand the reference and thought it sounded like a cool term for 'badass' and appropriated it. Other folks who also didn't know the origin perpetuated the usage. Ad already pointed out, the pipehitters in the movie were described as wielding pliers and blowtorches, not pipes. They hit the (crack)pipes, not hit WITH the pipes. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 6:33:57 PM EDT
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This post nails it. Pulp Fiction came out in '94. The SF association didn't surface until later. Someone saw the movie, didn't understand the reference and thought it sounded like a cool term for 'badass' and appropriated it. Other folks who also didn't know the origin perpetuated the usage. Ad already pointed out, the pipehitters in the movie were described as wielding pliers and blowtorches, not pipes. They hit the (crack)pipes, not hit WITH the pipes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It certainly meant crack using individuals but was misinterpreted to mean individuals who would use pieces of plumbing or fencing as cudgels and "pipehitter" became a term for what some might call a "bad hombre". This isn't much different from how this place has mangled some meanings,such as neckbeard. Somebody too young to remember the crack epidemic heard the term in Pulp Fiction and thought it meant “badass,” completely missing the context. Makes me laugh anytime I read it. I asked this a few years ago, and one awesome arfcommer actually dug up a newspaper article from San Francisco in the early 1900s that references pipehitters as opium addicts. It’s an OLD drug term Pulp Fiction came out in '94. The SF association didn't surface until later. Someone saw the movie, didn't understand the reference and thought it sounded like a cool term for 'badass' and appropriated it. Other folks who also didn't know the origin perpetuated the usage. Ad already pointed out, the pipehitters in the movie were described as wielding pliers and blowtorches, not pipes. They hit the (crack)pipes, not hit WITH the pipes. 
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Posted: 11/17/2019 6:41:47 PM EDT
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Up until recently it was crack smokers, now it's a lifestyle brand for douches.
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Posted: 11/17/2019 7:28:45 PM EDT
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For 20 years, I worked in the north, with tons of guys in the trades, and never once heard the term used in that context. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 7:29:22 PM EDT
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Seymour, the kitchen’s on fire! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It’s an Albany expression. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 10:45:54 PM EDT
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Based on the reaction after blowing Marvin's head off I'd say it was accidental. He also wasn't one of Wallace's crew. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Whoa! Back that truck up big fella. His finger was on the trigger the entire time. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 10:55:23 PM EDT
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Crackheads. It was always crackheads. Until silly white people started using it. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 11:07:22 PM EDT
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It is a term used in blue collar trade, mostly in the North, to describe someone who you can give any task to and he will get after it 110% with no complaints or words spoken. I think it has mostly been adopted by others at this point. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It certainly meant crack using individuals but was misinterpreted to mean individuals who would use pieces of plumbing or fencing as cudgels and "pipehitter" became a term for what some might call a "bad hombre". This isn't much different from how this place has mangled some meanings,such as neckbeard. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 11:13:51 PM EDT
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Crackheads. It was always crackheads. Until silly white people started using it. |
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Posted: 11/17/2019 11:28:44 PM EDT
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Pipe hitters = crackheads Term made popular by this movie. Somehow adopted by veterans to mean badass or some shit like that.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVRPz6-Tkww?t=80No. WTF, why would I want to call myself a crackhead?? 
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Posted: 11/18/2019 12:29:39 AM EDT
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Yeah I saw a Spikes lower in a shop one time and asked owner what it meant. He startes telling me about this pipe hitters union thing... No. WTF, why would I want to call myself a crackhead??
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Pipe hitters = crackheads Term made popular by this movie. Somehow adopted by veterans to mean badass or some shit like that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVRPz6-Tkww?t=80No. WTF, why would I want to call myself a crackhead??
...unless I actually am a crackhead.
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Posted: 11/18/2019 1:15:12 AM EDT
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See the problem is a bunch of nerdy white guys here are trying to divine meaning from a single line in a 25 year old movie written by a nerdy white guy. The line itself was delivered by a pretty cool black guy, who half of GD would probably boycott if they put it together that he played a “woke” role as gay firefighter. When you link to Ving Rhames or QT saying that the line is about drug users instead of enforcers, I’ll give you your due. But until then, it’s pretty clear to anyone with an ounce of rational thought that he was referring to big thugs that specialize in “tune-ups.” First time I remember seeing pipehitter used in the badass connotation was mid 2000's on I want to say Lightfighter. Someone should do an operator thread next. Its been awhile. |
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Posted: 11/18/2019 2:40:10 AM EDT
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Lost it. I had a sudden vision of Denzel Washington as Eli, only he had a three-foot length of 1" ID steel pipe slung across his back, capped at the naughty end, with dried blood crusted in those few threads that still show, wandering endlessly searching for a new supply of teflon tape and solder.... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How could anyone misinterpret that? Besides the fact that it's obviously crackheads from the context, he plainly states that they're going to use pliers and a blowtorch, not pipes. Somehow people thought there was some subculture of plumbing samurai walking the Earth like Caine from Kung Fu? 
I putty the fool who challenges that man. |
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Posted: 11/18/2019 3:38:11 AM EDT
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Crack smoking thugs. Mistakenly adopted by some who thought it just meant badass. Not really a term of endearment unless you are looking to turn them loose on someone who asspraped you. |
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Posted: 11/18/2019 3:39:21 AM EDT
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OP should start a daily thread asking one question ending the question with "Hell if I Know". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Username is fitting
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Posted: 11/18/2019 7:48:08 AM EDT
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I putty the fool who challenges that man. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How could anyone misinterpret that? Besides the fact that it's obviously crackheads from the context, he plainly states that they're going to use pliers and a blowtorch, not pipes. Somehow people thought there was some subculture of plumbing samurai walking the Earth like Caine from Kung Fu?
I putty the fool who challenges that man. at both descriptions"capped at the naughty end" lol |
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