Mark Baker: Today, Roy Fielding ripped me a new one on the topic of the https URI scheme, which I had always considered an unnecessary hack.
It seems that Mark now knows a bit more about the rationale behind the https URI scheme, but doesn't quite grasp the colloquialism.
Trust me, if you've ever witnessed Roy ripping someone a new one, you will know it.
Me? I've only gotten a mild swat or two...
Must be Yankee-speak. I've only heard it used once, and it wasn't in the way you suggest there. But some Googling reveals;
So it seems I misused it; Roy has never verbally abused me, just taught me a whole lot. Serves me right for dabbling in an unfamiliar foreign language.