semper ubi sub ubi

proverb

Etymology

Dog Latin, from always + where + under + where, punning on the pronunciation.

Definitions

  1. 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