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freeadultcontent · 02-09-2005, 03:28 PM

Why is it "the whole nine yards"?
What is this refference, surely it is not football or it would be 10 yards right?

ElvisManson · 02-09-2005, 03:34 PM

The origins of the expression are unknown, but various theories are popularly held as to the root of it. One of the more common of these is that the expression dates from the Second World War, where the "nine yards" was the full length of a machine-gun ammunition belt, and to "go the full nine yards" was to use it up in its entirety. The expression, however, has only been dated back to 1966 (in US Air Force slang recorded in Vietnam) and it is unlikely it could have been in common use in the 1940s without being recorded either then or in the next twenty years.

mortenb · 02-09-2005, 03:35 PM

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freeadultcontent · 02-09-2005, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mortenb

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videopass-chick · 02-09-2005, 03:49 PM

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