A new word?

[Barbara Need]

For the record, I know nothing about the martial arts, but I had
always assumed that a "rabbit punch" was to the kidneys--which is not
the (stereo)typical place for a karate chop. (Can "karate chops" be
done with the foot? Or rather, can you call a karate blow with the
foot a "chop"? If so, that would allow a karate chop to the kidneys.)

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago

At 14:53 -0700 17/8/06, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Quite an assumption.  But in this case I feel almost certain that
>"judo chop" was known among male pre-teens in NYC in 1959-60.
>"Rabbit punch" was a synonym.
>
>   "Karate chops" are post-_Goldfinger_ for the average Joe.

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