[Ads-l] caribou and reindeer (UNCLASSIFIED)
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Thu Mar 14 21:56:54 UTC 2019
> On Mar 14, 2019, at 2:22 PM, MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY FUTURES COMMAND (USA) <0000099bab68be9a-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
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> You mention "man up" as a synonym for "grow a pair". FWIW, I've also heard "cowboy up" and "nut up" as equivalent.
on my blog:
11/6/15: cowboy up:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/11/06/cowboy-up/
arnold
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