more shit

[Jonathan Lighter]

I had never encountered it in NYC.

When I got to Knoxville in 1974, I found that it was one of my students'
most frequently reported idioms.

"Reported" means not directed at me.

JL

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 02:08:09PM -0400, victor steinbok wrote:
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> > Any chance the specific "Eat shit and die!" will make it? "Eat shit" is a
> > recent addition (2006) and does not show up in the sense "Go away! Never
> > want to see you again!" or just plain "I hate you!"
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> I think this is covered by "Also (in imper.) used as a derisive retort
> or insult." I agree that "eat shit and die" should probably be at least
> illustrated in this quotation paragraph.
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> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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