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[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cherry&defid=757445#757445

Edit: Looks like Urban Dictionary's link shortener doesn't work correctly if you want to link to an explanation further down the page. Fixed by manually digging through the HTML and finding the anchor id.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Ah OK that's REALLY stupid. But thanks for the explanation anyway.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 14 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

It's the wrong explanation.

Cherry is slang for the hymen, so she's asking who wants her virginity.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh damn, Urban Dictionary fucked up the link. The hymen explanation is further down on the same page and I specifically clicked that share link and the shortened link even includes the ID for the correct explanation but somehow when expanding the link they just show you the full list without even scrolling down to the right section. Thanks for nothing, I guess.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's really bizarre that it failed like that.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Yeah, seems like a bug in either their link shortener or their internal routing:

To fix this, they should either

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This.

UD seems to be off 50% of the time at this point. It even missed basic stuff way back then, basically like AI before that was even a thing, giving what sometimes looked like the most innocent take possible on pretty rude slang.

This is a great example: I do not believe anyone on Earth would use or know that meaning for cherry . . .

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

They actually do have the sensible explanation but for some reason not as the top one. Sorry for not checking that the link UD gave me actually leads to the correct explanation. It instead shows the full list even though the link contains the correct ID.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

OK I can see how that is funny, but I had absolutely zero knowledge of such a connection.
Completely anecdotally and despite the simple graphics, I always see her as quite attractive. 😋

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It might be an age thing. The term seems to have dropped off around the 2010s, but it was pretty popular in porn in the 2000s.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Yes I'm probably too old then.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 4 points 17 hours ago

Urban Dictionary's share button didn't give me what I actually wanted to link to. Fixed.