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Retort
Once in a Blue Moon
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James Callow comment:
Retort, To What?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Blue ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; MOON ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Never in a month of Sundays.
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James Callow comment:
Retort to what?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
I was born that way, what's your excuse?
Submitter comment:
Reply to a criticism
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; EXCUSE ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
I'll consider the source.
Submitter comment:
Usually said in fun in reply to soemthing said that is not agreed with.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Source ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Big Deal!
Submitter comment:
Source not remembered
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James Callow comment:
Retort to what??
Where learned: HOME ; Hayes, Robert
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Get off the table Maude. The quarter is for the beer.
Submitter comment:
This remark is sometimes said to a person who is under the influence of alcohol, such as at a party.
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What does this mean?
Where learned: ONTARIO ; Heynick, Allan ; Chatham
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; BEER ; COIN ; COMEBACK ; DRUNK ; Innuendo ; INSULT ; MONEY ; Quarter ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Stipper ; Table ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
When someone blows their horn during a traffic jam, one can answer "blow your nose, you'll get more out of it!"
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James Callow comment:
Small grammatical corrections.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; Heynick, Allan ; Chatham
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; Car ; COMEBACK ; Horn ; INSULT ; NOSE ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Traffic ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
And the cow jumped over the moon.
Submitter comment:
To an absurd story.
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James Callow comment:
Small grammatical correction.
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Cow ; Fanciful ; INSULT ; MOON ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Famous Last Words.
Submitter comment:
This is said to someone to mock something thay say they must do, are going to do, etc. to show them you won't believe it until you see it.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
When someone asks the time, reply:
"Two hairs past a freckle, by left standard elbow time."
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Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; Jest ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
That's about as funny as a screen door in a submarine!
Submitter comment:
To be said to someone when they have just told a joke.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Hessenbruch, John
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; JOKE ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
When someone has a coughing spell:
"What do you want, sympathy?"
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Kalisz, Joann
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; SNEEZE ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
If you speak of someone who you see in the near future you say:
"Speak of the devil and the imp appears."
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James Callow comment:
Taunt?
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; DEVIL ; Imp ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; SPEECH ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Person asks a question. You answer:
"What's it to you? You writing a book?"
If the person says "Yes," you say:
"Well, leave this chapter a mystery!"
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Kunnath, Paulette
Keyword(s): BOOK ; Chapter ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; Mystery ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Your teeth are like stars. They come out at night.
Submitter comment:
This is a sarcastic retort used when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them.
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Where learned: Diamond, Sue
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; Night ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; STARS ; TEETH ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
You are so dumb that you could screw up a one-car funeral.
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James Callow comment:
Just the hearse?
Where learned: Matouski, Nat
Keyword(s): Car ; COMEBACK ; Dumb ; Funeral ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
You're outstanding in your field, and that's where you should be - out standing in your field.
Submitter comment:
This is a sarcastic retort used when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them.
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James Callow comment:
Taunt in Prose
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Diamond, Susan
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Who do you think you are, anyhow?
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James Callow comment:
The original title [Wellerism] has been crossed out.
Why not S570? Retort? Yes.
Original BN [V500] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
You should be on the stage, it's leaving in ten minutes.
Submitter comment:
This is a sarcastic retort used when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them.
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James Callow comment:
Original Title [Taunt in Prose] crossed out. Replaced with current title.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Diamond, Susan
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Shut up? I wasn't shut up, I was brought up, and when I think of you I throw up.
Submitter comment:
Collected upon hearing the informant answer someone who told him to shut up.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; Patrick, Richard
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |