DYKWIA
n.— «I’m only speculating here, but given everything else I’ve ever read about Martha, I wonder if she fell victim to DYKWIA Syndrome—”Do you know who I am?” I have relatives in law enforcement, and I could easily imagine their response to such an attitude—”Why, yes I do know who you are, prisoner number 26845.”» —“Attitude is Everything” by Mike Murdock Reverend Mike’s House of Homilectic Hash Mar. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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