more shit

[Jonathan Lighter]

You silver-tongued devil. Were drugs involved?

JL

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Sep 23, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote [in part]:
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> > The HDAS files have enough on this word to make a book.
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> > I've heard of "shit-scared," but never "shit-happy."
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> Well, there's always the "shit-faced grin", although that doesn't connote
> pure unadulterated joy.  For another positive locution:  I once told a
> girlfriend her eyes were browner than shit.  She quite properly took it as a
> compliment.
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> LH
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