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is ‘decked’ a british word?
random question but did ‘deck’ / ‘decked’ (as in to punch/be punched) originate from britain?
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No, it’s actually a ‘naval term’ … when sailors ‘fight’ and one falls down, he’s been ‘decked’ … knocked to the ‘deck’ of the boat that is the ‘floor’ in ‘normal speech.’ ‘Floored’ is used when one is ‘unwittingly surprised’ and ‘falls to the floor’ … not ‘punched’ … I suppose that we ‘landlubbers’ are ‘wimpy’ in comparison with ‘sailors,’ … by that ‘language usage’ we don’t really ‘think about’ anyway.
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A few days ago
English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom.
deck – Verb.
To physically knock down, onto the deck
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yes, i think so. it means literally to ‘hit the deck’ or the ground.
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