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> a moment of blissful idleness Popularly known as “raw dogging” or “barebacking” a flight, apparently. https://www.gq.com/story/why-men-are-rawdogging-flight

• DidYaWipe 2y ago
  Great example of people who are ignorant of slang, using it in inappropriate contexts.
  • prodent 2y ago
    Slang evolves.
    • adolph 2y ago
      slippery slang slingers
  • kelnos 2y ago
    I would expect that the people who came up with this meaning know exactly what the original slang means, and did it intentionally. Though yeah, I'm sure there are people who use it who don't know what it really means.
• BossingAround 2y ago
  I don't think that's what it means. Raw dogging a flight means staying awake while doing nothing. I suppose most people that want to "raw dog" a flight will fall asleep eventually, so I guess there's that. But I think getting buzzed and just slipping into a bad nap for like 12 hours is a bit different, at least to my mind.
  • runjake 2y ago
    > I don't think that's what it means. Raw dogging a flight means staying awake while doing nothing. That sounds an awful lot like idleness.
    • BossingAround 2y ago
      Yes... I think the trend of "raw dogging" a flight is a response to the constant need to do something - scroll through a phone, listen to a podcast, read the latest NYT story... Doing nothing, on the other hand, is pretty much what meditation is, which has been shown to provide a lot of amazing benefits for the brain. Idleness is then just a religious (Protestant Christian?) spin on a perfectly normal thing, much like masturbation.