[Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 1863?


The 1963 cite in HDAS is, IMO, *astonishingly* early for the *exact
phrase*, "bust a cap _in yo[ur] ass_." A casual Googling has no hits
earlier than ca. '03 and, since it's in UD, that could be just something
that the poster made up on the spot. Youneverknow. OTOH, I'm not sure that
in '63,

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