"refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)

Victor Steinbok aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Thu Dec 30 02:00:00 UTC 2010


First you retreat from skeet. Then you retreat from grizzlies. Next
thing you know, you're all the way back in Alaska!

Just another Falinism. And, yes, "just" is new--the "original" did not
have it.

     VS-)

On 12/29/2010 5:47 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Speaking of Sarah (I can't get enough!), on her Alaska show she revised her
> proverbial utterance to make it seem that it's even easier to turn rout into
> victory:
>
> "Don't retreat. Just reload."
>
> I believe the "just" is new.  Anyway, she got it in while Bristol was
> shooting skeet. The skeet didn't seem very threatening, but then I wasn't
> there.
>
> JL

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