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What does the phrase 'plum out of...' mean?

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Posted - June 24, 2020

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    7268
    It means "ain't got no..."
      June 24, 2020 6:23 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    Genius.
      June 24, 2020 6:32 PM MDT
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  • 5808
    "Stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum"

      June 24, 2020 6:52 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Really?

    That makes sense to me but I had never thought of it possibly coming from that. :)
      June 24, 2020 6:59 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    devoid of
      June 24, 2020 7:43 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    Do not have any. 
      June 24, 2020 7:47 PM MDT
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  • 9778
    The expression is 'plumb out of'. Plum is the fruit. When plumb is used as an adverb it means something like exactly or completely. E.g 'he sat plumb in the middle of the floor'. You're welcome.
      June 24, 2020 7:50 PM MDT
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  • 52905

     

      I want you. 


    ~

      June 25, 2020 7:41 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    Ha!
    Lol, I did.
      June 25, 2020 10:43 AM MDT
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  • 52905

     

      You did what?

      June 25, 2020 10:48 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    Literally typed what I was thinking, maybe it'd make better sense if you heard me say it aloud - - I meant it in a very goofy, casual way that I, indeed, did "lol."
    In a "Yes, sirree, lol, I did"- type of way.  I sometimes talked in goofy ways like that with friends growing up.

    That explanation still probably makes no sense. Welcome to my world, yikes.
    :)



    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at June 25, 2020 4:22 PM MDT
      June 25, 2020 10:57 AM MDT
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  • 52905

     

      I have less understanding after that explanation than I did before about what it is you did, I am left with absolutely no idea what you mean by it. 

      June 25, 2020 4:03 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    He means:
    Ha! (This is a laugh)
    Lol, I did. (Laugh Out Loud, I literally did Laugh Out Loud)

    So Welby found your reply to Jane so funny that he literally laughed out loud. (He did not just type it)
      June 25, 2020 4:20 PM MDT
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  • 52905


    THANK YOU!  It finally hit me based on your simple diagram!
    ~
      June 25, 2020 5:36 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Excellent!
    :)
      June 25, 2020 6:29 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Yeah, that's another way of saying what I meant. :)
    Thanks for trying to help, my2cents!
    :)


      June 25, 2020 5:38 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Sorry about all that, my friend. Like I said, my world can create a "yikes" sometimes. :)

    I'll try again.
    Instead of saying  "I did lol." I just put the "lol" first.

    I have talked like this at times. :)
      June 25, 2020 5:35 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    I understood you. :)
      June 25, 2020 4:23 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Thanks, my2cents.
    :)
      June 25, 2020 5:36 PM MDT
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  • 52905


    THANK YOU!  It finally hit me based on your simple diagram!
    ~
      June 25, 2020 5:37 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Yay!
    :)
      June 25, 2020 6:30 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    What is an adverb?
      June 25, 2020 7:49 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    Ha!
    I lol'ed again.

      June 25, 2020 10:44 AM MDT
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  • 13251
    Welby's on a loll!
      June 25, 2020 6:01 PM MDT
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