Heard on The Judges: _sneak_ > "sucker-punch"

[Wilson Gray]

Twenty-ish black female speaker:

"I said, 'Oh, my God! Did I just _sneak_ that lady?!'"

Judge:

"What was that?"

Speaker:

"I _[[snuck] her]_, your honor."

Judge:

"['Snucker']?"

Speaker:

"Yes, your honor. I hit her while she wasn't looking."

Judge:

"Oh. You sucker-punched her."

Speaker:

"Yes, ma'am."

Judge:

"The court will take note of the new word, 'snucker.'"


-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.
–Mark Twain

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