Slang a la the NYT

[Jonathan Lighter]

>  someone can simply pull bullshit out his ass and get it
published in the NYT,

Brace yourself, man.

It ain't just the NYT....

JL

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 3:52 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> [T]he word =E2=80=9Cdude=E2=80=9D predates the Dude of =E2=80=9CThe Big
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> owski=E2=80=9D fame by over 100
> years.
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> http://goo.gl/sq2KHJ
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> It does?! For real?!!!
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> Lest anyone waste his running it down to me, no, I'm not serious. I'm
> annoyed that someone can simply pull bullshit out his ass and get it
> published in the NYT, even when it has nothing to do with politics.
>
> Youneverknow.
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