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CATCH PHRASES
EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR NEW PHARASES TO DESCRIBE HAPPENINGS WHERE
OTHER WORDS ARE JUST TOO TRITE THE FEELINGS ONE HAS THE MORNING
AFTER THE BLAST, THE MOMENT AFTER THE REST, AND OTHER RELATED
TRAUMAS. ONE CAN SAY HE WAS "BLITZED OUT OF HIS MIND," "WIPED
OUT" OR JUST PLAIN "CREAMED."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |