rotating bastard
n.— «He did so, he adds with a smile, only by being “a self-propelled, rotating bastard.”» —by Alex Gerber The Gerber Report: The Shocking State of American Medical Care and What Must be Done About It Apr., 1971. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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