Sphincter Factor (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I've heard it much more often as "pucker factor".

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> I recently came across this phrase used to rate the tenseness of a
> situation
> (as in, the more tense the situation, the tighter the sphincter), and
> it
> appears to have its roots in the James Cameron movie "The Abyss" from
> 1989.
> I don't ever hear the term used, but it appears to have some play on
> the
> web. I'm guessing someone here can probably date it earlier than 1989.
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> BTW,  the new ADS search page is very nice!
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> Scot
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