Fox News Wrote:
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> > Top rail on bottom, y'all!
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> This doesnt make sense!
Yes, it does.
The Urban Dictionary explains it:
bottom rail on top
When one formerly in a position of weakness or subservience gains power or dominance
over his former oppressor. Originally referred to the idea of black slaves gaining
power over their ex-owners in the wake of the US Civil War.
A freed black slave in the Union Army saw his ex-owner being led away in chains as a
prisoner and said to him, "Hello massa, bottom rail on top this time."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bottom%20rail%20on%20top
That phrase used to be "a thing."
See, lookee, a vintage cartoon from 1860-something:
I'm bringing it back -- and I'm even bringing it
backwards, if needs be, yuck yuck!
It's gonna be a thing again.
Wait and see!
You heard it here first!