[Ads-l] jack diddly-squat; jack diddly-bo; jack diddly; bo diddly

[Jonathan Lighter]

I
Jonathan Capehart (b. 1967) on _The Weekend_ (MSNOW TV) today:
Congress hasn't done jack diddly-squat, as we used to say when I was a
kid.

1993 _News Tribune_ (Tacoma, Wash.) (Apr. 2) B-5 [Newspapers.com]: I
didn't know jack diddly squat when I walked in the door.

II

1972 _Santa Cruz Sentinel_ (May 26) 30 [Newspapers.cpm]: I guess some
people don't give a Jack diddly bo.

III

1978 _Sioux City Journal_ (June 30) D-2 [Newspapers.com]: That
emergency clause don't mean jack diddly.

IV

1997 _Fort Worth Star-Telegram_ (Nov. 8) 60 [Newspapers.com]:  He's
still thinking about his next game at Texas rather than another
district title. "That don't mean Bo Diddley," Haynes said. [Not the
guitarist.]

JL

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