Justin from Fort Worth, Texas, heard a coworker warn against getting whistlebit, or “still being at work when the quitting whistle blows.” (Remember Fred Flintstone in the quarry?) The term whistlebit follows the pattern of snakebit, a slang term in...
snakebite v. to bring (someone) bad luck; to ruin or spoil (a shot, a deal, a game, etc.); snakebite n. bad luck; unluckiness; a curse. Editorial Note: The adjectival forms, snakebitten and snakebit ‘unlucky or cursed,’ are common. (source: Double...
