Shit * say to * (snowclone)

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 12, 2012, at 3:43 AM, Randy Alexander wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
> 
>> The snowclone would presumably be "Shit X say(s)", as in the earlier "I
>> love me some X" or "mother of all Xs".
>> 
> 
> These are specifically plural (representing a group of people), and have
> the "to Y" part (representing another kind of people).  There is of course
> another snowclone "shit X say", and the X is again generally plural, …

...as in 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/10/sht-republican-candidates-say

(Not that I'm taking sides, of course, just putting it up as a fresh instance of the snowclone.)

LH
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