in a poistion; holy crapsticks

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:27 PM -0800 12/15/07, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Just watched Sci-Fi Channel's TV movie, _Showdown at Area 51_
>(2007).  At one point, a character says, "Don't put me in a
>position!"
>
>   I.e., a difficult or unpleasant relational position with respect
>to somebody else. (The speaker was reluctant to have to place the
>hero under arrest.)  Cf. the earlier and precisely parallel
>narrowing of "situation" into "bad situation."
>
And the not unrelated "(have) issues" and "substance (-free residence halls)".

LH

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