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Re:Was Modern Art a CIA Psy-Op? by diablerouge on Thursday June 01, 2023 @03:58PM (#36156534)
My guess is that OP did indeed mean "knocking boots" as a reference to Operation Paperclip, where the US government granted amnesty to a bunch of Nazi scientists in return for pivoting their research to US national security purposes.

edit: source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

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Re:Was Modern Art a CIA Psy-Op? by jasonfarnon on Thursday June 01, 2023 @04:40PM (#36157028)
when I was growing up "knocking boots" meant have sex? (there was a whole rap song with that title). Which is what I assumed "squamming loins" was some british english version of.
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Re:Was Modern Art a CIA Psy-Op? by noah_buddy on Thursday June 01, 2023 @04:50PM (#36157140)
It’s a metaphor in the same sense as “strange bedfellows.”
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