[Ads-l] overtwerk

[Jonathan Lighter]

It seemed to mean "exaggerated," but what twerking has to do with it, I
don't know.

(He could have been twerking while exaggerating.)

JL

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 8:07 PM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> So in context, that means...
> "Stone may have publicly *asserted more* than what he really knew"?
> So *over-* is redundant with *more than*, eh? Sorta like
> *misunderestimate*.
>
> Mark
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 7:25 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >  _Deadline: White House_ (MSNBC) today:
> >
> > "Stone may have overtwerked publicly what he really knew."
> >
> > JL
> >
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