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OP Liz: Thank you for your thoughtful followup. True, "foot" is more nearly symbolic in its origin. It might be interesting to start a new thread discussing how its meaning is different from "pay" (I speculate that the former usu implies a slight feeling of obligation)
But that doesn't explain why my expression isn't found in the slang dictionaires, which contain thousands if not tens of thousands of more or less direct and visual entries
Eg, dead white European male; look like a drowned rat; group grope; blow a gasket; you've got it wired; baby sit; follow-home robbery; crash and burn; go jump in the lake; missionary position; hammer away at; enough to choke a horse; does a wooden horse have a hickory dick?
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted crossed wires dalehileman 01/04/06 04:45 PM Re: crossed wires Buffalo Shrdlu 01/04/06 04:48 PM Re: crossed wires dalehileman 01/04/06 11:09 PM Re: crossed wires Buffalo Shrdlu 01/05/06 12:52 AM Re: crossed wires Elizabeth Creith 01/05/06 01:06 AM Re: crossed wires Marianna 01/05/06 08:28 AM Re: crossed wires dalehileman 01/05/06 06:00 PM Re: crossed wires dalehileman 01/05/06 06:45 PM Re: crossed wires maverick 01/06/06 12:51 AM Re: crossed wires dalehileman 01/07/06 01:18 AM Re: crossed wires Elizabeth Creith 01/06/06 01:09 PM Re: hickory Jackie 01/06/06 03:08 PM does a wooden horse have a hickory dick? TEd Remington 01/06/06 06:41 PM
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