Was it from a movie? I've heard it for a long time but never knew where it originated.
2006-06-30 13:38:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Yes, I understand the anology: how laxatives create smooth bowel movements and then saying "smooth move ex-lax" would be appropriate if someone had messed something up (not being "smooth" but rather inept).
Thanks everyone for answering! I'm sorry I wasn't being the clearest with what I was asking.
2006-06-30 14:06:28 · update #1
I've searched and searched, and can't find anything! The best (and most recurrent anwer) was "as the kids used to say in school...". So maybe it's just something that came about on the playground and spread like fire.
2006-07-01 12:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Beck 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Smooth Move Ex Lax
2016-11-09 23:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is slang taken from an advertisement for Ex-Lax. In case you don't already know, Ex-Lax is a product that relieves constipation and "promotes smooth (bowel) movements." People, in their never-ending quest to find ways of making fun of things (love that sense of humor) made up the saying - which, by the way, is not meant as a compliment, but means "boy, that was a shitty move on your part."
2006-06-30 13:48:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ana Thema 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Where did the saying "smooth move ex-lax" come from?
Was it from a movie? I've heard it for a long time but never knew where it originated.
2015-08-15 11:45:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe it came from someone running into someone else holding a beer at a sports arena, and his beer spills all over him and other people around him, while you are trying to run to the toilet. and the guy hollered "smooth move ex-lax" after all he probably paid 5 dollars for the beer.
i don't know myself, but that is what happens when the ex-lax works, it becomes a smooth move.
2006-06-30 13:47:01 · answer #5 · answered by sister cool breeze 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because ex-lax causes you to have a smooth bowel movement
It an innuendo
2006-06-30 13:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by mailmetlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably from Richard Pryor, one of the greatest comedians of all time.
Maybe Im wrong.
"Im thinking and thinking but nothing is happening" Curly of the Three Stooges
2006-06-30 13:45:09 · answer #7 · answered by Doylesee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because when you take ex-lax it comes out nice and smooth, hell who knows, how did ya come up with this question?
2006-06-30 13:42:10 · answer #8 · answered by beerz24_7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Used to hear that all the time when I was little in the 70's. Don't know where it came from.
2006-06-30 13:41:56 · answer #9 · answered by gentle giant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
House.
2016-03-17 23:42:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋