A few days ago I shared some news that the Eurovision song from Israel would be named “Your land is mine now” to later realize it was from an onion kind of website, lol.

I hope I’m not alone in this kind of f’up.

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      9 months ago

      It comes from the phrase “ate it up” (meaning to gullibly believe something) and The Onion, one of the most famous satirical ‘news’ outlets.

      It means to believe a satirical news piece.

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      9 months ago

      I Can’t comment as to the “erll” qualifier, but I have seen the expression used before inregards to not seeing the satire in a satire article.

      EDIT: No edits. The above stays as it stands, purely out of spite.