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[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> quoted:
> 'designating a broad grin expressing uncontrollable delight or
> self-satisfaction, esp. characterized by awareness of having got away
> with something normally considered outrageous or improper; (also)
> designating a consciously disarming, self-deprecating, slightly cheeky
> grin, often used to deflect censure or disapproval'
>

Oh.

I've heard the expression a million times, of course, especially in
the Army. But no one has ever taken me aside to say, "See that
expression on Larry's face? *That's* a 'shit-eating grin!'"

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-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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