Whiz

[Wilson Gray]

There's "slice the cheddar" as a joking alternative to the standard,
"cut the cheese."

-Wilson

On 9/26/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> Yes, "cut" is definitely the "verb of choice" for a fart (cf. "cut the cheese")--but alternatives do exist: "blow," "deal," "lay," and the Chaucerian "let flee," for example.
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> >Interesting that the verb of choice for "a fart" is "to cut."
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