[Ads-l] cuss word euphemisms
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri Dec 2 08:02:50 UTC 2016
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:20 PM, MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM
AMRDEC (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
> 'Shut the front door!'
This one, IME, is the older. It's common on re-runs of, e.g. 2 Broke Girls.
In the UD from aught-five.
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-Wilson
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