A warning of an imminent explosion in a confined space, especially a grenade or blasting charge.
2023, Don H. Corrigan, "I fart in your general direction!": Flatulence in Popular Culture (page 102)
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(loosely, by extension, humorous) A warning of any imminent explosive detonation.
: fire-in-the-hole farts and the unwholesome sounds of a Niagara Falls of diarrhea filling the sink rim to the brim.
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(slang) A generalized warning that something is about to happen.
2023, Don H. Corrigan, "I fart in your general direction!": Flatulence in Popular Culture (page 102)
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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