Most Notable Quotations of 2008

[Grant Barrett]

On Dec 10, 2008, at 02:04, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>> I think we might have some late-breaking contenders. Like this one:
>
> "I've got this thing and it's [bleep]ing golden, and, uh, uh, I'm just
> not giving it up for [bleep]in' nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And, and
> I can always use it. I can parachute me there."

I still don't know if it has legs, but the "bleeping" from it has made
an place of small size:

http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/the-bleepin-ascendancy/

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

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