More "jump on" heard on The Judges

[Wilson Gray]

>From the play, Big-Time Buck White:

"I'll reach down your throat and tear your asshole out!"

-Wilson

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Brenda Lester <alphatwin2002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>  I was thinking about,
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>   "jump down x's throat."  From a movie: "I'll jump down your throat and tap dance on your windpipe."
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>  Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>  Amen.
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>  -Wilson
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>  On 2/29/08, Brenda Lester wrote:
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>  > In the south, "jump on" can be literal (physical attack) or figurative (harangue, criticize, etc.)
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>  > Wilson Gray wrote:
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>  > Fifty-ish, black male plaintiff:
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>  > "I called and told [the defendant's wife] and he _jumped on_ her, your honor."
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>  > Judge Milian, a Cuban-American from Florida: "He _jumped on_ her?"
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>  > Plaintiff: Yes, your honor. Four or five times."
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>  > Judge: "What do you mean, 'He _jumped on_ her'?"
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>  > Plaintiff: "He _hit_ her, your honor."
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>  > Judge; "Oh, he _hit_ her."
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>  > -Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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                                              -Sam'l Clemens

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