Cribbing means… ripping off? Copying?

Yep, did they not call a piece of paper you could copy off of during a test a crib sheet where you went to school? Or has that fallen out of use?

Friendly reminder that not everyone is American or in the anglosphere in general.

I'm not sure that's an American thing as I've never heard of it. I assumed it was a European thing.

Well, a UK thing maybe. In German it would obviously be a Spickzettel and spicken, respectively.

I am the official spokesman of the UK, never heard of it

I am the official spokesman of the UK, never heard of it

Oh man, you may need to turn in your Brit Card to the King. The term was likely born in Britain, and used as a central part of the UK's success in WWII.

The usage "crib" was adapted from a slang term referring to cheating (e.g., "I cribbed my answer from your test paper"). A "crib" originally was a literal or interlinear translation of a foreign-language text—usually a Latin or Greek text—that students might be assigned to translate from the original language. The term "crib" originated at Bletchley Park, the British World War II decryption operation.

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