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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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In my experience, "rip" is more common than either "blow", "deal" or
"lay".
The only use of "deal" in this context that I'm familiar with is "the
fellow that smelt it is the fellow that dealt it".


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> Yes, "cut" is definitely the "verb of choice" for a fart (cf.
> "cut the cheese")--but alternatives do exist: "blow," "deal,"
> "lay," and the Chaucerian "let flee," for example.
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> --Charlie
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> >Interesting that the verb of choice for "a fart" is "to cut."
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> >dInIs
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