make like a tree

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Better'n makin like a verb and conjugatin.

dInIs



>I think I began using "Make like a noun and decline" around 1960--I'd
>just started Latin-- in response to the popularity of "Make like a tree
>and leave,"  which seemed relatively new at the time.
>
>Dennis
>
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