Does anyone still say “Shut UP!” to mean “No way!”? A forty-something riding instructor says this Seinfeldian locution confuses some of her younger students. This is part of a complete episode.
shut up and color v. phr.— «At Squadron Officer’s Scholl they kept emphasizing the helplessnes of the Vietnamese and how we could bomb them at will. When I asked why, if that was true, we negotiated a settlement that basically had us as...
shut up and color v. phr.— «Despite the fact that Julia qualified as an “exceptional family member,” the Air Force isn’t budging on her father’s retirement request, which he submitted last month. They want him to report to the...
twist one’s cap back v. phr.— «If anything, I really feel sorry for the journalists in the room. Can you imagine having your cap twisted back by a person that makes their living parodying you? It’s like that tom when Dom from Rusted Shut...
tombstoning n.— «Morris also told of recent indications that Medicaid, Social Security and other HEW claims are being filed in the names of dead persons. The subcomittee chairman, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), called this “tombstoning...
gronk n.— «In a letter Armytage later wrote to the then Minister for Juvenile Justice, Faye Lo Po,” he listed examples of the racial abuse the youths alleged they had been subjected to. “You black c—, you got no ticker.”...