big snip
n.— «Circumcision reared its head again this week, this time on Northern Exposure (ITV) Friday. Holling decides to take the big snip at age 63 in order to please girlfriend Shelly. The best line, delivered by Dr. Fleishman as he tries to talk Holling out of the unnecessary surgery was, “It’s different with me, I’m Jewish. It’s in the contract.”» —“Early Bird Catches Boredom” by David Brinn Jerusalem Post (Israel) Dec. 31, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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