[Ads-l] Your big-boy pants

[Jonathan Lighter]

Done. See other thread.

JL

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 7/18/25 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:50:24 -0400
> > From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Your big-boy pants
> >
> > I've heard this on TV a number of times in the last year, so I decided to
> > dive deeper. All from Newspapers.com:
>
>
> Dude, don't forget to search for "big-girl pants". And the possessive
> adjective in front is going to vary, of course. But I've usually heard
> it in the context of "time to put on [poss adj] big-girl pants". I first
> heard it in conversation from a friend years ago: probably in the time
> frame that your searches have framed.
>
> ---Amy West
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