green weenie

[Clai Rice]

Heard on CNN this morning, Alan Simpson talking to Candy Crowley about the budget deficit on her show "State of the Union," near the 50th minute of the hour:

"and anybody giving you anything different than that, you wanta walk out the door, stick your finger down your throat and give 'em a - the green weenie." [gesture: right thumb straight up moving upward, fist closed, like a 'thumb's up' sign, starting with 'and give' and carrying through the pause before "the green weenie"].

>From our archives, 'Green Weenie' seems to be a Philly thing, though I don't find any particular finger/thumb gesture associated, nor the notion of barfing or gagging. Any ideas on what Simpson thinks a green weenie is?

Clai Rice

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