"pokeraticians" sighting

Wilson Gray wilson.gray at RCN.COM
Tue Apr 5 21:32:42 UTC 2005


On Apr 5, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

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> Poster:       "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: "pokeraticians" sighting
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> Ron Butters notes:
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> Surely this is a stunt word.
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> "Stunt word"? Is this a term of art I don't know, or only what it
> seems to
> be?
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> -- Mark
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Inspired by the phrase, "stunt butt," possibly? During an interview, an
actor described his reaction to seeing himself from behind on TV: "Is
that my butt? That can't be my butt. It must be a stunt butt!"

-Wilson



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