Retort

I know you are, but what am I?

Submitter comment:

This retort was used by a child whenever another child called him a name e.g. brat, or pimple face. It can be used over and over again for any name at all. I learned this retort years ago from neighborhood children in SW Detroit.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TAUNT ; Wisecrack

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Retort

Yea, she was bread in old Kentucky, but she's only a crumb up here.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

[To What?] is written next to the title.

Where learned: ILLINOIS ; O'Connor, John ; CHICAGO

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HORSE ; INSULT ; Kentucky ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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Retort

Do you have a match? No, not since Superman died.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: ILLINOIS ; Berent, Greg ; CHICAGO

Keyword(s): BOAST ; BRAG ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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Retort

When I called her a two-bit she hit me with her bag of quarters.

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James Callow comment:

The retort is an action (not words)?

Where learned: ILLINOIS ; O'Connor, John ; CHICAGO

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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Retort

That's your opinion.

Submitter comment:

Source not remembered.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

[To What?] is written next to the title.

Where learned: HOME ; Hayes, Robert

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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Retort

She's so dumb that if you said to her "Hi, how are you?" she'd be stuck for an answer.

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James Callow comment:

[To What?] is written next to the word Retort.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Herzog, Pete

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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Retort

He's so dumb he couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Herzog, Pete

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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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

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Retort

Never in a month of Sundays.

Data entry tech comment:

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James Callow comment:

Retort to what?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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Retort

I was born that way, what's your excuse?

Submitter comment:

Reply to a criticism

Data entry tech comment:

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; EXCUSE ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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Retort

I'll consider the source.

Submitter comment:

Usually said in fun in reply to soemthing said that is not agreed with.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Source ; Wisecrack

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Retort

Big Deal!

Submitter comment:

Source not remembered

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Retort to what??

Where learned: HOME ; Hayes, Robert

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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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.

Data entry tech comment:

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James Callow comment:

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

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Retort

When someone blows their horn during a traffic jam, one can answer "blow your nose, you'll get more out of it!"

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Small grammatical corrections.

Where learned: ONTARIO ; Heynick, Allan ; Chatham

Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; Car ; COMEBACK ; Horn ; INSULT ; NOSE ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Traffic ; Wisecrack

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Retort

And the cow jumped over the moon.

Submitter comment:

To an absurd story.

Data entry tech comment:

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James Callow comment:

Small grammatical correction.

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Cow ; Fanciful ; INSULT ; MOON ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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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.

Data entry tech comment:

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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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

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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.

Data entry tech comment:

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Hessenbruch, John

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; JOKE ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack

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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

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