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What is your most embarrassing "ate the onion" moment? (lemmy.ml)
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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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[โ€“] 21 points 2 years 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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