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Okey I'll start with a disclaimer. This might sound silly, and I'm not trying to start Karening here.But For some time now I've been wondering the use of the phrase "Smoke 'em if you got 'em" in the game announcement when a horde is incoming. ("INCOMING! Smoke 'em if you got 'em!")
To my knowledge the phrase means smoking cigarettes, e.g. "Take five, smoke 'em if you got 'em". I do know it has other meanings too, and was even wondering if the game makers have misunderstood the meaning - in the context of an enemy horde incoming I'd imagine one might say something like "Smoke 'em!" meaning to shoot the incoming enemies. But this exact choice of words really strikes me as odd. IMHO it feels out of place.
After a quick search the phrase seems to indeed mainly mean literally smoking cigarettes (includes other definitions too):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_in_the_United_States_militaryhttps://www.quora.com/I-understand-what-it-means-literally-but-what-is-the-appeal-and-further-meaning-of-the-phrase-Smoke-em-if-you-got-emhttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Smoke%20em%20if%20you%20got%20em
So what's up with this? I know game makers generally want to distance themselves from promoting smoking nowadays as it can be downright illegal, and the act of smoking is increasingly frowned upon in the western countries. Also marketing tobacco products to minors, or at all, is very illegal in at least the EU countries. Of course this case clearly does not fulfill the definition of marketing.
EDIT: grammar
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