getting his freak

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Steve Kleinedler <stevekl at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Several years ago I sent Jonathan Lighter a copy of an issue of The
> Weekly Dig, a Boston publication, which used the "get your _____ on"
> frame about 100 times in that issue, in a tongue-in-cheek comment on
> the overuse of that phrase.

That's in the '05 discussion I linked to upthread:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508C&L=ADS-L&P=R7451

Here's another usage from a recent episode of the Bravo reality show
"The Real Housewives of New Jersey":

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http://avagacser.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-are-back/
Teresa’s oldest daughter, Gia, tries out as a Fashion Week model here.
“When Gia gets her catwalk on, she gets it on,” vows Teresa.
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--Ben Zimmer

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