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- From: djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: More English Excrement
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- Date: 26 Dec 92 03:17:53 GMT
- References: <92355.212038HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
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- In article <92355.212038HERSCH@auvm.american.edu> HERSCH@auvm.american.edu writes:
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- # By the way, here's a "shit" expression that I've never quite
- # understood, and maybe someone with more reference materials or a
- # deeper understanding of slang than I have can enlighten me. The
- # expression is "shit-eating grin". I've never really understood what
- # particular sort of grin this is, nor why someone eating shit would
- # be grinning. Any thoughts?
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- My guess is that it comes from the expression "happier than a possum
- eating shit".
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- By the way, a couple of more animal shit expressions:
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- Lower than whale shit at the bottom of the ocean.
- The eagle shits today (it's payday -- military).
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- and as an answer to a silly question:
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- Does a bear shit in the woods?
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- David Johns
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