Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
I never knew and got curious and looked it up. I guess it makes more sense than slamming your testicals against the wall.
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·5 days agoGoing “balls out” refers to governors on steam engines which used centrifugal force on a pair of balls to regulate the speed of the engine. At full speed the balls were out at the maximum.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoSo much better in Scots pronunciation BAWZOOT MIN
Going “balls out” refers to governors on steam engines which used centrifugal force on a pair of balls to regulate the speed of the engine. At full speed the balls were out at the maximum.
So much better in Scots pronunciation
BAWZOOT MIN