semper ubi sub ubi
proverbEtymology Dog Latin, from always + where + under + where, punning on the pronunciation.
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Humorous Always wear underwear. (Literally, ‘always where under where’).
- And on the subject of “below” or “under,” there is the famous line that every student of Latin knows by heart: Semper ubi sub ubi.2004, Bill Sherk, 500 Years of New Words (page 138)
- Kids, always remember these words: semper ubi sub ubi.2010, Richard A. Davis, The Intangibles of Leadership, page xii:
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- While our teacher conducts a declension drill we busily draw jock straps and pushup bras on the statuary in our Living Latin textbooks. We pass notes with crude Latin jokes — Semper ubi sub ubi — Always wear underwear. Snigger, snigger.2019, Michael Mitchell, Final Fire: A Memoir: