A Chip on Your Shoulder Origin

Hey on this episode we’ll explore the origins of the saying “A chip on your shoulder”. Used today the saying is in regards to holding a grudge about something or someone. The origin of this saying though was actually quite literal. In the early 1800s a few publications use the phrase suggesting that one would place a wood chip on their shoulder daring one usually, someone who they were determined to fight with, to knock the chip off. This would require the person to push or punch them giving them rights to retaliate and fight them. Holding a grudge or anger towards someone is the modern form of this without the literal chip and taunting the person to attack. An earlier reference to a chip on your shoulder comes from the 1700s when shipwrights were allowed to bring excess timber or chips home as building supplies or for firewood. This perk for royal british dock workers was implemented in 1739 but later retracted in 1753 creating resentment towards their employer. Both explanations people are holding a grudge but the commonly believed origin refers to one with a literal chip on their shoulder looking for a fight.

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