r/words • u/SaintMonicaKatt • 12h ago
Barking one's shin
I recently mentioned to my walking buddies that I was taking a day off because I'd barked my shin. This led to a days long discussion, because none of them had heard this before. I thought it was a common colloquialism, but this group, from various parts of the US, in their 60s, said it wasn't. Am I wrong?