Korean War Slang (December 1951)

[Michael Quinion]

> Great Scott, nobody remembers my finding that in the Civil War?

You find so many things, remembering them is a problem! The ADS-L
archives don't seem to contain anything from the Civil War, though
they do cite unsupported comments that the expression may be linked
to General Wingfield Scott.

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