semper ubi sub ubi
proverbEtymology
Dog Latin, from always + where + under + where, punning on the pronunciation.
Definitions
Always wear underwear. (Literally, ‘always where under where’).
- And on the subject of “below” or “under,” there is the famous line that every student of Latin knows by heart: Semper ubi sub ubi.
- Kids, always remember these words: semper ubi sub ubi.
- While our teacher conducts a declension drill we busily draw jock straps and pushup bras on the statuary in our Living Latin textbooks. We pass notes with crude Latin jokes — Semper ubi sub ubi — Always wear underwear. Snigger, snigger.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA