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It’s the Pits, but What are the Pits?

Miranda, a nurse in Altoona, Pennsylvania, had a patient who described her hospital food as the pits, meaning it wasn’t good. The expressions the pits and in the pits arose out of 1950s college slang, and derive from the notion of smelly armpits. This is part of a complete episode.

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  • Thanks! My mom says it a lot… “That’s the pits!” I tend to use the phrase mostly when eating olives and I chomp down on a pit. 🫢

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