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Ahahah, came here to mention this. You beat me to it! Also called "balls to the wall".
by errantspark 7y ago
Ahahah, came here to mention this. You beat me to it! Also called "balls to the wall".
- jacobolus 7y agoBalls to the wall has a different etymology. It implies pushing a throttle lever all the way forward. An airplane version of “pedal to the metal”. “Balls out” and “balls to the wall” are two different technological metaphors with the same general idea though (going at top speed).
- farrelmahaztra 7y agoI had a very different assumption of where those phrases came from until now