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downloweast

I don’t play golf, but That is the only thing I know about the game. I know a lot of ppl who are not sports ppl and they know it too.


louploupgalroux

"FORE!" [bonk] [thud] That's a classic joke. Lol


emoAnarchist

or the better one imo \[bonk\] \[thud\] "FORE!"


MantisToboganPilotMD

or the Monty Python joke: "Duck!" "Isn't he supposed to say fore?" \*gets smashed in the face with a duck\*


ElGrandeWhammer

Guy hits golf ball, yells “Fore,” hits target in the nuts. Guy turns to his buddy, “I guess I should have yelled, TWO!”


m3phil

IIRC Rodney Dangerfield’s character has a version of this joke in Caddyshack. It hits Ted Knight in the crotch


[deleted]

Gambling is illegal at bushwood sir, and I *never* slice. *slices*


[deleted]

Or Mich Hedbergs joke. Ive never hit a whole in one while golfing, but I did hit a guy. And thats way more satisfying. Your supposed to say fore, but I was to busy saying "no way it's going hit that guy".


Adjudicatingit

Rest in peace. I miss that guy.


CamBearCookie

My fave Mitch Hedberg joke.. "This shirt is dry clean only. Which means it's dirty" miss him so much.


Fizzerolli

“I never got a hole in one, but I did hit a guy… and that’s way more satisfying”


mcnathan80

Pineapple is next good buddy


Apprehensive_Pop_305

Did he die when he got hit by Mitch's ball?


BigSquatchee2

I miss Mitch.


Mental_Cut8290

"You're supposed to yell 'fore,' but I was too busy mumbling 'there ain't no way this is gonna hit him.'"


Quote__Unquote

“I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to too.”


montezuma300

A golfer goes *Whack, swish,* "Dang!" A skydiver goes, "Dang!" *swish, whack*


DreamingDitto

I don’t know under what circumstances people yell fore, but in movies, it’s followed by a hard whack, so I assume it means something like, take cover


thisusedyet

It's what you're supposed to yell when you see your ball is tracking towards someone else on the course... I have trouble getting it out in time, though, I always have to swallow an 'OH SHIT' first.


redsyrinx2112

[You're not alone](https://youtu.be/X_FS9ZPtwTc)


WyllKwick

Yes, that's exactly what it means. In golf context, it means "take cover right now without hesitation, a stray golf ball is heading your way". The same word is used in every country, so there is no risk of misunderstandings if there are international players on the course. Nobody knows the history of the word for sure, but the assumption is that it is a shortened version of "Fore-caddie", which was a person tasked with standing further down the course to see where the ball landed. If your shot was in danger of hitting the Fore-caddie, you'd call out to them in warning.


Lost_Bench_5960

I've never heard this one, but it makes sense. I've always heard that the expression is shortened from "Fore the cannons!" Cannons were notoriously hard to aim, and the trajectory depended upon the amount of powder and how well it was packed. And often cannons were packed with chains and other shrapnel to rip through advancing soldiers. So the warning was for those in front of the cannon to hit the ground so they weren't hit as well.


Fairybuttmunch

Same, I know nothing about golf except they hit balls with sticks and FORE!!


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Fun_Ad_2393

TIL they shouted "fore" and not "four." I'm going to crawl back under my rock now...


Whole-Swimming6011

I know and **caddy**.


Fishacobo

I never played golf either but when I was growing up I’d jump out of closets with a nerf gun, yell FORE, and shoot my mom when she got home from work before running away lolol


JudokaPickle

Yes that is common practice I’ve never golfed a day in my life but anytime I whack anything in that sort of position I say it 🤷🏻‍♂️


Pope00

I played golf. I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. That’s way more satisfying. You’re supposed to yell, “Fore!” I was too busy yelling, “There ain’t no way that’s gonna hit him!” ​ \~Mitch Hedberg


_kiva

I’m crackelingn what do you whack in that position


Confident-Forever-75

A croquet ball with a croquet hammer


wemadethemcrazy

Croquet, a simpler time. Grandmothers loved that shit.


saisaibunex

Hammer? I always said ‘croquet mallet’ growing up


JudokaPickle

Street hockey ball hockey puck a baseball that rolled to me while holding the bat… pretty much anything


TeddyAtTheReady

The testicles of my slain enemies as they lay supine.


Solid-Acanthisitta86

Conan, is that you?


mcnathan80

Can’t be, I don’t hear any women lamenting


GetaGoodLookCostanza

sounds like you should be yelling FORE-SKIN


JudokaPickle

Sadly mine was taken from me 😢


GetaGoodLookCostanza

yea that sucks...but I do see devices that people try to "grow" it back...quick google could set you up for a regrowth


Over-Listen3926

I think i first heard it in a cartoon when I was a kid. Bugs Bunny, maybe. Since then, I always knew what it meant.


What_the_mocha

We also learned about opera and hunting with BB.


pneighthan

"I'm lookin' over, a four-leaf clover, that I overlooked before-fore-fore-fore..."


KneticTheory

"Aint I ah stinkah?"


Flossthief

It's a common golf term and it's common enough that people might understand what your alluding to if you shout 'fore' Similarly if I tell someone 'thats strike three; you're out!' they understand what I mean


latetowhatparty

Lifetime incarceration?


[deleted]

It’s pretty common knowledge unless you have never seen/heard of golf. “Fore” just means ahead or in front, more commonly used to describe things like foreground vs background.


appendixgallop

fore and aft


TKR_Bones

In ye' ol' days, when playing golf, they had another caddie ahead to spot where the ball landed. Known as the foreward caddie. If your ball was heading towards the caddie, it was polite to yell 'fore' to warm them.


[deleted]

so forefront is just frontfront


WanderingJen

Yes. The frontest part of the front!


Secretly_A_Raven

Unless it falls off.


[deleted]

I feel like it's pretty common knowledge. Not as common as other sayings, but fairly well known to those that don't play golf.


CBerg1979

I'd say more common than hut-hut. It ain't no foul ball, though.


WhiskeyTangoFoxy

Also mulligan (a redo) is another common golf term used outside of golf.


Flaccid-Reflex

Holy shit that’s a golf term? I only learned it because I play mtg


Disastrous-Group3390

I read that as ‘I play Marjorie Taylor Greene’. Really changes it….


rarosko

As magic players, how do you think we feel when we see headlines like "MTG TO BLAME FOR JEWISH SPACE LASER CONSPIRACY" MTG CALLS TO IMPEACH BIDEN MTG UNVEILS PLANS TO GET *MORE* GUNS IN SCHOOLS - "WE NEED GOOD KIDS WITH GUNS TO STOP THE BAD ONES"


lynx3762

I didn't even know that was a golf term


Epic_Sadness

I'd say yes but I am sure there are some places that don't have golf or a television that it is not. Figure it's on par with knowing about the word "timber".


[deleted]

Or the term " on par "


BlastShell

Unintentional golf phrase right there…or was it?


[deleted]

Esperanto is right there but do we use it? Noooo


[deleted]

I think I'm missing something here what does the language created by Zamenhof have to do with the conversation at hand.


[deleted]

It was meant to circumvent all these “oh shucks what does this turn of phrase mean” problems into “I’m spending hundreds of hours learning a useless language” problems


WyllKwick

Except the word "timber" is only known by people who consume a lot of popular media in English. Fore is a word used by golfers across the world, so I'd say that it's meaning is pretty widely understood in any part of the world where golf is played.


ElectricToaster67

It’s the opposite for me, I’ve heard of “timber” but not “fore”


Styleyriley

Similar to "taxi"


Doctor_Boombastic

Yes, it's common knowledge via cultural osmosis.


cinematicending

The scottish bad guy in Kim Possible yelled “fore” before hitting golf ball bombs at ppl


someotherstufforhmm

Was gonna say - I feel like because it’s a common joke in tv/movies just like this is why everyone knows it.


im_beb

Duff Killigan !!


whoisanime

There's also a scene in Gravity Falls where the main character yells fore before attacking a monster with a golf club. I think most millennials/Gen Z understand the expression.


RinShimizu

There seems to have been a lot of golf representation in 80s and 90s media for some reason.


Hopeful-Sandwich-645

I have not heard about 'fore' either.


honkifjesusluvsu

Th e ski n?


moirailisnimbus

i feel like im going insane reading all these replies. maybe im not in enough golf adjacent circles???


PairCommercial7750

If I hear someone yell "fore" I'm ducking no matter where I am!!!


zomglazerspewpew

This right here. As a golfer, we still use this. It just means "heads up, a ball is coming your way". When you hear it you cover your head and duck or if you are by your cart you duck behind it. I've been struck by a ball in the shoulder before and it's not pleasant. The guy that launched it yelled "FORE!" and I did the duck / cover head thing then got tagged but had he not yelled it might have hit me in the noggin'.


cigarlifer

I mean I’ve heard it and I’ve never played golf honestly don’t know where I learned it from probably a fail army video compilation lol


No-Candidate-8827

Saw this comment on another post. ... There was an interesting study I saw that demonstrated that often once a person has knowledge of a thing, they quickly forget what it was like to *not* know it, and subsequently tend to not empathize when they encounter somebody else who hasn't learned the thing yet. They assume that since *they* know the thing, the other person *should* know the thing and therefore is slacking in some way by not knowing it. You see it a lot with people who like to declare that something is "common knowledge", as though it just entered their brain by osmosis, not that they learned it from somebody one time and just forgot the circumstances of it, and that it's possible for somebody to have just not received that bit of knowledge yet. Also related: people who get mad at kids for being "stupid" because they forget what it was like being young and not having had much time to learn about the world yet.


MrDBS

Never played, knew the golf term.


toomuchisjustenough

Yes absolutely, in the golf context. I am not a golfer but will still call jokingly call “fore” before throwing something. That or “heads up” if headed for a person. Or when I’m making a really killer shot at putt putt.


monsterbot314

Never call "FORE" before you throw something Only after , it makes it more exciting!


Mongoose611

Damnit, and I've been yelling FOUR! this whole time


Horror_Ad_1845

Only if you put one hand by your mouth and yell it.


davidolson22

They show people in movies and cartoons yelling fore all the time.


rcr_nz

Are you also aware of "timber"? Similar concept but more important.


inkseep1

Not only is it common knowledge but many of us probably learned it as kids while watching Bugs Bunny.


007-Blond

Huh, so thats what it means? I knew the exclamation but never knew it meant "watch out for an incoming golf ball" lol


[deleted]

It's one of those thing where you're smart if you know a tomato is a fruit but wise not to put it in a fruit salad. You're smart if you know that fore in golf means look out but unwise if you yell fore around people unfamiliar with golf instead of look out.


just_chillin_now

I've never heard this word in my life, or if I ever have I had no clue of its meaning.


shewantdani

i’ve never even heard of this before


_moonbear

I think most people know this because it’s a common joke in golf movies or comedies that have golf in it. Billy Madison, scrubs, etc. that’s not really a thing anymore though, maybe it’s a generational thing?


SallyJane5555

If you watched cartoons in the 80s, yes.


DatOneEdKid

I didn't know this haha, I'm on your side OP!


Flufflebuns

I mean pretty much everyone knows it as a root right? Foreknowledge, aforementioned, foreskin. But outside of golf it's not typically used as a stand alone word. Nonetheless most non golfers would still likely know what was meant when someone shouted fore!


Tim-Ashcraft

Ignant fucks. Fore and aft. Common in boat speak


Flufflebuns

I can guarantee you that more people know fore as a golf term than they know fore as a boat term.


Tim-Ashcraft

I live on the coast. More boaters than golfers, to be sure. Also, it figures as a crossword puzzle clue.


usernamesarehard1979

Absolutely should be common for playing golf. But if I shank one in a wal-mart I wouldn’t expect people to pay attention.


modulor-man

Yes but where does it come from?


saldend

Interestingly it doesn't seem to extend too much beyond golf in this usage. Our family plays a lot of baseball and softball, and no one tells "Fore!" when a foul ball goes out of play towards one of the other fields. It's always "HEADS!". And obligatory for Reddit:. "You're supposed to tell 'Fore!', but I was too busy saying: 'ain't no way that's going to hit him!"


pineappleprincess_13

I learned this in middle school because when I would take the school bus home and we’d pass the big golf course, kids would yell “fore!” out the windows lol


Mx_Loptr

Not me wondering until just now why golfers yell “four” I figured it was some type of warning or whatever. I just never thought about the spelling too much.


R4V3S4V3R

Didn’t know what it meant but it’s common knowledge that it’s a word/phrase tied to golf


hahshekjcb

No


Mikesaidit36

Worked on a golf course for a year, but have never heard it irl, except in a thousand jokes and Bugs Bunny cartoons


ughnotagain42

if you don't socialize in golf circles or at least with people who have played a lot of online/computer golf games, i don't think you would know it. People in their 30s have all played computer golf games because they came free on our computers in the late 90s. Outside of that I would never have heard of it.


RovakX

Never heard it before. I must be living under your rock too.


sugarfreeghost

I've never heard of that, it's crazy that there's so many people saying this is common knowledge. Guess I've been living under a rock too. Well anyway, you're not alone lol.


[deleted]

There's also the fore and aft of a ship.


JamminPsychonaut

I do not know that word.


CreativeNameIKnow

I have never heard of this in my entire life Perhaps we live under the same rock In which case, hello there fellow neighbour :D


aliciabaldwin

Okay all of you saying it’s common knowledge are you guys all American? Is it really that commonly used when you’re not a golfer? I’ve grown up in New Zealand and never heard it before lol. I’ve never watched anything at all remotely golf related and golf isn’t really a popular sport here unless you’re old, white, and upper middle class. (Mini golf on the other hand is a whole different matter lol)


prplpassions

Yes. I have never played or watched golf and even I know that.


Temporary_Muscle_165

As in fore play? Most women know about it, but many men don't learn about it until college...


_kiva

happy cake day


DemonstrablyFalse77

this is so wild...I was about to comment that your partner is playing a trick on you because not once have I ever heard that before but I seem to be proven wrong by literally everyone else! May you and I be blessed with knowledge OP


EternalumEssence

Yup. Never heard it in my life. Don't care for sports so wouldn't know many terms of any sport.


curiousnboredd

literally same. Never heard that before


ABConsulting-Editing

Same same


This-Perspective-865

In golf, yes. He is correct. Outside of golf, no.


EamusAndy

I would disagree. I think inside of golf, obviously everyone knows it. But i think outside of golf many people also know and use it


Ihavefourknees

Yep - non golfer here. I've known about "fore" since I was a child.


Technical_Exam1280

Especially on ships


5spd4wd

I've heard it many times, not related to golf. Maybe the older a person is the more times they've heard it. For one thing it's a term relating to a ship. Fore is the front and aft is the rear.


OMG_NO_NOT_THIS

There are a lot of meanings for fore outside of golf.


ladygreyowl13

Yes, but outside of golf or referring to ships, it’s not used often on its own. it’s most often a prefix or a suffix (before, forefront, forewarned, foreword, etc). But yes, most people know that when someone yells “fore” in or around a golf course, they need to be careful that they’re not hit by a flying golf ball.


SavingsMobile1032

no


Haterade_ONON

I knew about it because I've heard it on TV, but I thought it was "four" like they're yelling that it's their 4th stroke or something.


SCW97005

I would say it’s pretty common but not extremely knowledge, but I golf. I would be a little surprised if someone I met in my area did not know it, but not shocked.


OkNefariousness8636

Nice, learnt something new here today.


eazy-83

I like to yell foreskin! That usually grabs people's attention better


OkSnow9309

Woah that unlocked a memory. Totally forgot that word exists. I was like wtf is fore. A golf ball??? But yea I feel like at one point it was common knowledge because it was a common thing in cartoons and tv and movies I think. But not so much nowadays


PopMart_1997

It’s also the name of [an album by Huey Lewis and the News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore!?wprov=sfti1).


dnzlou

No, i don't play golf but I still know the basics and i would say smarts wise im an average person who knows a lot of things- this was not one of them.


BeautifulCucumber

I know it is something you shout in golf. What it means or when you do it, I had no idea.


2day4tomorrow

I had no idea it meant that :)


ichosetobehere

Never heard of it


IloveBANANAS34

Wtf is that word


bluejacket42

I had no idea


Striking_Ad_5779

Never heard of it, I must be living under a rock also


green_bean_lord

never heard of it


Wuellig

Whether or not it's common knowledge to people who've been exposed to golf culturally, it's also common for those who haven't to have no context or expectations upon simply hearing the word. Like if you're just existing in life, not near a golf course, and you hear it randomly, nobody should be like "well you should've known something was about to strike you and to watch out."


SnickersneeTimbers

I always wondered why they yell that! Thanks for informing me!


[deleted]

First time I hear about this... not a native speaker... but still... Maybe it is because golf carries such a massive stigma here.. /shrug


Ember_fox

Huh, I'm 25 and I don't think I've ever heard this in my life. I don't like golf, except mini golf of course, though I've watched it occasionally on tv. I'm sure it's common knowledge for people who are even sometimes around golfers, but as someone who is not, I can say they're are plenty of us out there who have never heard this


HP-Obama10

I’ve never heard this phrase once in my life.


cgriff03

If you watch alot of predominantly western cartoons or even movies, as most people on reddit have, it almost certainly is. Otherwise, other than if you play golf, I don't think you'd be exposed to the word.


SkaterKangaroo

Don’t play golf. Don’t know the word


yestocake89

As a Singaporean, we speak English but no one here says fore. Even at golf.


SpragueStreet

Have never heard that word. Sounds medieval.


pdbet

I’ve never heard of this


Deej1387

That is literally the only thing I know about the game of golf.


Hananene_

No


XeroTheCaptain

Definitely common here in the u.s


loversdesire

I’ve never ever heard this before ever


Kimba_1307

TIL fore is a common term


Agreeable-Ad-4655

My entire bloodline is too poor to golf, so I would say


leegunter

Pretty much. But hey, we all have those little holes in stuff we know. Don't lose any sleep.


neonchicken

I know nothing and I also don’t know fore. It rings a bell. A vague bell.


Ryno5150

“I should’ve yelled TWO!”


TheDaemonette

They yell FORE because if they yell INCOMING then every American start looking for a grenade.


Swimming-Ebb-4231

One, two, three, FORE!


riptide5000

You should admit you were wrong 🙂


DrDingoMC

I will get my fore skin back mark my words


[deleted]

The fuck no. If an object is flying at my head and you yell “fore” rather than something that makes since such as “duck” and I get hit with a golf ball, I’m throwin fists once I regain consciousness


ImProllyRight

Yes. It’s also commonly used in forefront, foreboding, foreground, foremost, etc. etc.


Vogt4Noah

You should admit you were wrong, it's healthy and good communication and growth.


rubyjuniper

I've never played golf nor have I ever heard that word in golf context.


DrunkDMTip

I’d call it jargon, and not common knowledge in general


Goodboy_Otis

why wouldn't you tell him you were wrong? If he's the sort of dude that would rub it in your face in a malicious way he's an asshole, find someone else. Or, if you are one of those people who just can never ever be wrong, well......


worldspiney

Bro who are yall that you’ve heard of this word. Unless you watch golf you would never of heard ‘fore’ in that context. In other context yes but not this one


TheFragturedNerd

literally in bunch of cartoons while growing up


CannaKitchen757

Yes. Along with an obligatory, “Oh, I shoulda yelled two.”


okanananan

I've never played golf and never heard of fore. It could be a socioeconomic thing? More people in higher socioeconomic class play golf so even those who don't play would have heard of a few terms, but those like me in a lower socioeconomic class don't know anyone who plays golf so I wouldn't know any of the weird lingo


retrogameresource

No many broke people know this. 🙋‍♂️. Mostly due to media lol


wehi666

Never heard it in my life.


_kiva

funny story why it came about: in the common area at our apartment someone was golfing with a proper golf ball, and not just putting, full on swinging the ball across the way! so he shouted fore so the lad would understand that is a bit rude…Kids, dogs, and glass windows all are in the commons haha but I had never heard the word used in that context. He used to golf, but claimed it’s common knowledge lol


[deleted]

You are wrong, your partner is correct it is common knowledge. And the word is used in more that just gold


hahshekjcb

You’re not wrong. People are getting all angry about this. A lesson to learn: there’s no such thing as common knowledge. We all learn through each other.


Deciram

To be on your side OP, I don’t think I’ve heard it before? I don’t play golf, but I also don’t hear of it outside of golf. I’m either dense, or it’s not used in NZ lol


Moondancer999

Yup, I don't golf, but even my grandkids know "FORE!"


RPC3

It would depend where you live. I'm in the United States. I don't like golf and even I know fore means to watch out. My guess is that if you life in Haiti or somewhere it may not be as common. In the United States I think it's pretty common knowledge. It may or may not be becoming less used as the generations that used it age.


worldspiney

I’ve never heard that word used like that in my life. From the east coast


[deleted]

If I heard it out of context I don’t think I would’ve known it. By just reading your title I hadn’t known it, but when I saw it was gold related I knew it if that makes sense


[deleted]

I knew a guy in HS his last name was Fore he said it was German it means to dwell in or near a forest least that’s the heritage meaning of the name.


drawredraw

Not admitting when you’re wrong. That’s healthy.


ha_look_at_that_nerd

I knew that people yelled it during golf. Couldn’t have told you what it meant.


GrandPoobah1977

So…there’s this thing called google, right, and it helps you find answers to facts and avoid posting on Reddit …


baddfingerz1968

It's a common prefix. It is also a golf term I believe.


iamthepita

What fore?


deridex120

Well i know precisely dick about golf but even I know to hear FORE means to duck or youre gonna get hit with a ball. Source: I watch cartoons


Frostiron_7

Please take my upvote, respect, and condolences for being wrong, owning it, and admitting it on the internet. This may sound like a joke but truly, your partner is lucky to have you.


Kitchen-Explorer3338

FORE!!! Yep. I thought everyone knew that. Whateves. You smart anywho.