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Retort

In answer to Polish greeting of "jak tam wiszi," (how's it hanging?) one might say "STOI!"

It literally means standing, but may be translated as "up tight and out of sight" or "everything is ok."

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added By TRD

James Callow comment:

Reply to Greeting. Greeting itself is already on another card. Greeting?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Szelc, James

Keyword(s): Casual ; CONVERSATION ; POLISH ; RETORT ; SLANG

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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