The origin comes from the days of muzzle-load firearms: both big and small. To ensure a good seal for the black powder, it was common practice to place an amount of cloth (called wadding) between the powder and the projectile. If the wadding comes out of the gun after the projectile, then the gun has completed a full and proper firing, which is what you want.
Thus, blowing (or shooting) one's wad (or load) comes to means a full and complete discharge or release, and the terms can be used both inside and outside of sexual circles (in the latter case, saying someone shot their load can mean they put everything they had left into an effort).
In some current American slang it is a reference to male ejaculation; however the phrase has a very long history covering most of the time that muskets have been in use up to the present. The wad is a piece of paper put in the muzzle along with the projectile and gun powder. If the shooter is too hasty -- say in a tense battle -- they may not include the projectile. The result is a fire without the intended bullet; only the wad will fly out...a wasted shot. Hence, "shooting your wad" can mean expending your energy fruitlessly. The OED also references the wad as in a roll of paper money; in this case "shooting your wad" means blowing all your cash at once.
"Blow it" IS an idiom. Other idioms with similar meaning include "drop the ball" and "miss the boat."
It is just an idiom and has no history.
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Depends on the size and type of the wad and what you are blowing it on. It also helps to know what type of wad were talking about. A wad of cash, a wad of gum, a wad of paper, etc....
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In some current American slang it is a reference to male ejaculation; however the phrase has a very long history covering most of the time that muskets have been in use up to the present. The wad is a piece of paper put in the muzzle along with the projectile and gun powder. If the shooter is too hasty -- say in a tense battle -- they may not include the projectile. The result is a fire without the intended bullet; only the wad will fly out...a wasted shot. Hence, "shooting your wad" can mean expending your energy fruitlessly. The OED also references the wad as in a roll of paper money; in this case "shooting your wad" means blowing all your cash at once.
The idiom "twelvemonth" comes from Old English, where it referred to a period of twelve months or a year. Over time, it evolved into a more formal or poetic way of saying "year."
"Blow it" IS an idiom. Other idioms with similar meaning include "drop the ball" and "miss the boat."
Wadsworth is English for Wad's enclosure. Wad is a nickname for Waeddi. Also, Wadsworth is a village in West Yorkshire, England, near Huddersfield.
It is a slang term from the 1930's, origin not known
blow a gasket, blow a fuse : pushed past some tolerance level into an angry fit.
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