Loogie (1985)

[Wilson Gray]

Is that the origin of the saying, "If you fuck with the bull, you get
Horned? ;-)

-Wilson


On 7/3/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 9:42 PM -0400 7/3/06, William Salmon wrote:
> >Loogies are definitely hawked where I grew up in South Texas.  I never
> >knew anyone to slip one though.
> >
> >Oyster sounds familiar, but its use would probably require special
> >circumstances. Urbandictionary gives a beaut for "dockyard oyster",
> >involving British sailors.
> >
> Then there's hawking a prairie oyster.  Takes practice, though.
>
> LH
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