Mine is tow the line rather than toe the line.

I imagine someone as a tugboat--towing the line of what is expected. I like that imagery better than keeping a foot on some fucking line. Plus using toe as a verb is dumb.

What are yours?

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[–] 4 points 5 months ago

In a vacuum it doesn't, but the connotation of a more modern interpretation of the abbreviation would probably result in many interpreting any insistence from me as "Person of color" = "piece of crap".

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