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Re:Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX ov... by frob on Friday July 19, 2024 @01:43PM (#41009022)
I think it's supposed to be a play on the word "racket." As in, "to put up a racket" or "make a racket" meaning make a bunch of noise.

I agree that it's horrendously written and really forced.

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Re:Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX ov... by ojbyrne on Friday July 19, 2024 @01:55PM (#41009162)
I would guess that I less safe for work domains, putting something (phallic) up is usually followed by a name for an orifice.
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Re:Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX ov... by frob on Friday July 19, 2024 @04:00PM (#41010491)
And now the idiom makes sense. Thank you!
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Re:Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX ov... by Ylpertnodi on Friday July 19, 2024 @02:20PM (#41009427)
"They don't like it up 'em" - well-known phrase from the British sitcom 'Dad's Army'.
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