What does plate really mean? When did people start using it?

abudun79 · 2018-08-01T16:41:55+00:00

Plate is an analogy to the act of spinning plates on sticks. That's something artist do, just like riding unicycle, juggeling, etc...

It refers to investing some into a new girl to get her interested in the beginning (setting up the plate on the stick and start spinning til it spins stable) and then using minimum effort to keep it spinning on that stick. Repeat than maybe ten times and have ten on top of the stick spinning. Every now and then you have to invest a little bit to keep a plate spinning, but they mostly do it themselves while you enjoy it.

And as every good plate spinner knows, every now and then one of the plates will fall down and break. Because you didn't notice how it stumbled and spun it not more or for some other reason. But it's no big deal.

SirKolbath · 2018-08-01T16:42:00+00:00

It means you need to read the sidebar.

FeralRed · 2018-08-01T18:28:23+00:00

A plate is a girl you're fucking.

Just fucking. If she's your only plate, then she's not a plate. Plates come in combo packs only.

If you're not fucking her, she's not a plate.

If you date her, text her sheliloquies, take her out, meet your friends, she's not a plate.

If you're exclusive with her, she's not a plate.

If you care at all that she's probably fucking other guys, she's not a plate.

A plate is a girl you only get together with to fuck.

[deleted] · 2018-08-01T16:40:58+00:00

It's an analogy to the street performer act of spinning a bunch of plates on sticks all at the same time. Go to YouTube and type in plate spinning, and you'll see what I mean.

It probably started being used in the mid-90s or late-90s for what we're using it for? Something like that.

Title	What does plate really mean? When did people start using it?
Author	throwawaybro07
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Comments	7
Date	August 1, 2018 4:38 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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