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Now that the old Hexbear fork has been officially abandoned, this community will be used as a space for meta-discussion on the site itself.

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submitted 4 months ago by peeonyou@hexbear.net to c/hexbear@hexbear.net

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Put your dukes up, let's go.

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[–] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yes? Duke as fist is a pretty establisted bit of slang.

The etymology is what's gonna make you mad.

[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Lmao I'd never heard it in that context and yeah the etymology is a bit oblique. I'm guessing 'duke it out' comes from the same root