I wish someone in my everyday life would use the term ‘pussyfoot’ regularly

[minxnim]

it might make life a little bit lighter.

 

[FrostGiant]

My high school football coach said that all the time. He also used the phrase "katie bar the door". I still don't know what that one means.

 

[The Dope]

Barring the door is an expression based on the old practise of using an iron bar to secure the door of one's home from the outside. The bar was hinged on one doorpost and could be secured into a latch on the opposite door post. Hence "barring the door."

Katie is just a silly name used for no good reason at all.

 

[The Dope]

I've heard the expression said with the name Annie before too. I have the impression that the name isn't important.

 

[FrostGiant]

Well see, I thought the name meant something. Cuz I know what it means to bar the door, I just thought there was something more to it that had to do with some girl named Katie.

 

[BigFakeSmile]

thats my name. and its also the name of the lady at the temp agency. we keep calling eachother and saying "can i speak to katie, katie calling" n stuff