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Retort
Pass the bread; here comes the bologna
Submitter comment:
Said when someone begins to tell an experience of theirs.
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Taunt?
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
This is a sarcastic retort used when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them:
I wish you were on TV, then I could turn you off.
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Taunt in Prose
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TELEVISION ; TV ; Wisecrack
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Retort
You must be Bob Hope's brother, No Hope.
Submitter comment:
This is a sarcastic retort used when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them.
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(Bob Hope [1903-2003] was a famous celebrity and humanitarian.)
James Callow comment:
Odd First Name (Regarding No Hope).
Keyword(s): CELEBRITY ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; Pop Culture ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
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Retort
You must be Lana Turner's sister, Stomach Turner.
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This is a sarcastic retort used when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them.
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Lana Turner [1921-1995] was a famous actress.
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Taunt in Prose
Keyword(s): CELEBRITY ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
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Retort
The only time you open your mouth is to change feet.
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This is a sarcastic retort ised when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them.
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Taunt in Prose
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; FEET ; Foot ; INSULT ; Mouth ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
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Retort
Do you have a shikkonwheye?
What's a shikkonwheye?
Oh, about two or three pounds.
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Catch. Prank.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; JOKE ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
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Retort
"Bun it"
Submitter comment:
Whenever she wasnted you to stop something, or to quit bothering her she would say this.
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Speech (expressions)
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
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Retort
"Can It"
Submitter comment:
Lately, when a person wants someone to stop something, to shut up, etc., this is the thing to say.
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Keyword(s): CAN ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
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Retort
Abu mebe karka komra
Translated: Oh! If only a duck would kick you!
Submitter comment:
Said in a jesting manner; a retaliation.
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Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; ETHNIC ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; UKRAINIAN ; Wisecrack
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Language
Get Lost!:
A humorous putdown which is self-explanatory: "make like a tree and leave"
Submitter comment:
This saying circulates among Mary's friends and has also caught on in our family.
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Leave-Taking?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; INSULT ; Language ; Leave ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Tree ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Following comment is made to someone who has insulted you:
"I resemble that remark."
The slip of the tongue is intentional.
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James Callow comment:
Sense?
Classification?
The words Tongue Twister have been crossed out.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Syracuse University ; Syracuse
Keyword(s): INSULT ; Language ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Resemble ; Resent ; RETORT ; WORDPLAY
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Tongue Twister
Following comment is made to someone who has insulted you. The slip of the tongue is intentional:
You're casting asparagus on my reputation.
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James Callow comment:
Not really a tongue twister, is it?
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Syracuse University ; Syracuse
Keyword(s): INSULT ; Language ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Reply ; REPUTATION ; RETORT ; WORDPLAY
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Retort
Is that a water proof shirt you have on?
No, Why?
That's a pisser of a tie you've got on.
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Taste?
Keyword(s): INSULT ; Language ; Pisser ; RETORT ; Shirt ; SLANG ; Tease ; Tie ; Waterproof
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Taunt
Drop Dead!
Go play sea hunt in the toilet!
Submitter comment:
Can't remember.
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T?
Keyword(s): Dead ; Drop ; Expression ; INSULT ; INSULT ; Play ; SEA ; TAUNT ; Term ; Toilet
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Toast
Here's to you, as good as you are,
And to me, as bad as I am.
And as bad as I am,
I'm as good as you are
As bad as I am.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bad ; Good ; GREETING ; INSULT ; Me ; TOAST ; You
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Toast
Here's to you, as good as you are,
and here's to me, as bad as I am.
But as good as you are
And as bad as I am,
I'm as good as you are
as bad as I am
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bad ; DRINK ; Good ; GREETING ; INSULT ; Me ; TOAST ; You
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Toast
Here's to you, as good as you are, and to me, as bad as I am.
But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
You're as bad as I am, as good as you are.
And here's to me, as bad as I am.
And to you, as good as you are.
But as bad as I am and as good as you are,
I'm as good as you are, as bad as I am
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Undetermined Origin
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ;
Keyword(s): Bad ; DRINK ; Good ; INSULT ; Me ; TOAST ; You
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- VC870 VC870.570 |
Saying
Saying About Navy Chow:
The cooks perform miraces. How else could you take good food and turn it to crap without passing it through the human body?
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [B400] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: NAVY
Keyword(s): Chef ; COOK ; Crap ; FOOD ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Navy ; Rude ; Saying
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Taunt
Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.
Submitter comment:
Friends
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Orignal BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
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
Keyword(s): Annoying ; Big ; DONKEY ; HEAD ; Hypocrite ; INSULT ; Loud ; Mouth ; RETORT ; Rooster ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |