Today I Found Out

Where Did the Expression Piss Like a Racehorse Come From? (2017x167)

Data de estreia: Jul 09, 2017

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check ou→“river” of urine that seems to have impressed some wordsmith sufficiently to coin the phrase, “piss like a (race)horse” – today denoting a full human bladder that needs emptied yesterday. Although authoritative sources for the expression’s origins are non-existent, luckily, the tools of the modern world are at our fingertips to try to track down the origin and progression of this rather uncouth phrase. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/07/origin-expression-piss-like-racehorse/ Sources: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/06/us/belmont-stakes-american-pharoah/ http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/curlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlin http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=&searchmode=none http://www.uctc.net/access/30/Access%2030%20-%2002%20-%20Horse%20Power.pdf http://thomasthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-have-to-pee-like-racehorse-where-does.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/seabiscuit/ http://www.slate.com/media/17/05022008.pdf http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/long-history-of-drug-use-in-the-derby/?_r=0 http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/origins-of-triple-crown/ http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/1383/ http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=66469 http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/sport/horse-racing-male-female/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furosemide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Dancer http://www.irregardlessmagazine.com/language-and-grammar/what-made-the-urinary-behavoirs-of-racehorses-so-notorious/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2007/06/does_a_racehorse_pee_like_a_racehorse.html https://books.google.com/books?id=v-ZZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22piss+like+a+horse%22&dq=%22piss+like+a+horse%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMI8P_8t43sxgIVzzCICh3