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Taunt
Poet;
When somebody says something that rhymes, you say to them:
"You're a poet and don't know it, but your feet show it, because they are Longfellows."
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Original BN [C730.329] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; McIvor, Charlotte M
Keyword(s): LONGFELLOW ; POET ; RETORT ; RHYME ; SLANG ; TAUNT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
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Verse?
Keyword(s): Language ; NAMES ; RETORT ; RHYME ; Sticks ; STONES ; TAUNT ; Tease ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
If a person is called a big mouth by another big mouth he says "the donkey said that the rooster had a big head."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Karamanis, Peter
Keyword(s): Annoying ; Big ; DONKEY ; HEAD ; Hypocrite ; INSULT ; Loud ; Mouth ; RETORT ; Rooster ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Retort
You're about as funny as a pay toilet in a dairy ward.
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From his friend, Brian Battersby.
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Diary Ward?
Where learned: HOME ; Cunningham, Joseph
Keyword(s): Diary ; Funny ; INSULT ; METAPHOR ; RETORT ; SIMILE ; SLANG ; Toilet ; Unfunny ; Ward
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Speech - Formula
In answer to a question of what to do in a certain situation - Take it to the river and throw it in the creek.
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Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Wills, Henry ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): Creek ; Response ; Retor ; River ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Speech - Formula
When someone asks you "how's everything?" you answer : fine as frog's hair, scarce as hen's teeth.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Wills, Henry ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): FROG ; Hen ; METAPHOR ; RETORT ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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Gesture
Thumbing your nose at someone means :"kiss my ass"
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture Filter - Mature Content |