colder than a witch's tit

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 05:43:03AM -0700, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> Never discuss the poem, "The Man with a Hoe."  (And a tip o'
> the Lighter lid to Roz Chast for that gem!)

There was a recent thing on Jeopardy! where the question--er,
answer--was something like "This word means both a
long-handled garden tool and a person who pursues pleasure,"
and the guy immediately answered--er, asked--"What's a hoe?",
and Alex Trebek was really startled and made some catty
comment.

Seemed reasonable to me.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED