flip the script
v. phr.— «Now flip the tape and watch Scarface flip the script onna song called “Raise Up,” which once again was misnamed…it should’ve been “Raise Up Bitch.”» —“HV004” Usenet: alt.rap Apr. 3, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What kind of book do people ask for most often in prison? Romance novels? No. The Bible? No. The most requested books by far are … dictionaries! A number of volunteer organizations gather and distribute used dictionaries to help inmates with...
Amid court-ordered busing in the 1970s, a middle-school teacher tried to distract her nervous students on the first day of class with this strange assignment: find a monarch caterpillar. The result? A memorable lesson in the miracle of metamorphosis...