Sphincter Factor

[Darla Wells]

1977 Fort Hood Texas, 522nd CEWI Battalion was using it
Darla

2009/6/12 Scot LaFaive <slafaive at gmail.com>

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> I recently came across this phrase used to rate the tenseness of a
> situation
> (as in, the more tense the situation, the tighter the sphincter), and it
> appears to have its roots in the James Cameron movie "The Abyss" from 1989.
> I don't ever hear the term used, but it appears to have some play on the
> web. I'm guessing someone here can probably date it earlier than 1989.
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> BTW,  the new ADS search page is very nice!
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> Scot
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