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Blowing Smoke Up My Ass
I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. Does anyone know where this strange phrase originated?
JR
JR
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[nq:1]I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. [/nq] I don't know, but it sounds remarkably similar to 'blowing smoke out of your ***', which means the same thing. john
- [nq:1]I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous.
- [/nq] I don't know, but it sounds remarkably similar to 'blowing smoke out of your ***', which means the same thing.
- john
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[nq:1]I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. Does anyone know where this strange phrase originated?[/nq]
I don't know, but it sounds remarkably similar to 'blowing smoke out of your ***', which means the same thing.
john
I don't know, but it sounds remarkably similar to 'blowing smoke out of your ***', which means the same thing.
john
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[nq:1]I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. Does anyone know where this strange phrase originated?[/nq]
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang says that "to blow smoke" has meant "to confuse, to mystify through speech," since the mid-19th century. They consider "to blow smoke up someone's ***," recorded since the 1950s, to be an intensification of that. They define it as "to confuse, to
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang says that "to blow smoke" has meant "to confuse, to mystify through speech," since the mid-19th century. They consider "to blow smoke up someone's ***," recorded since the 1950s, to be an intensification of that. They define it as "to confuse, to
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[nq:1]I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. Does anyone know where this strange phrase originated?[/nq]
There's a strange claim here:
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin board/12/messages/939.html
It references a book that documents the use of bellows-
There's a strange claim here:
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin board/12/messages/939.html
It references a book that documents the use of bellows-
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[nq:2]I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. Does anyone know where this strange phrase originated?[/nq]
[nq:1]Cassell's Dictionary of Slang says that "to blow smoke" has meant "to confuse, to mystify through speech," since the mid-19th ... ***," recorded since the 1950s, to be an intensification of that. They define it as "to confuse, to tell lies."[/nq]
Cf: Camouflage?
[nq:1]Cassell's Dictionary of Slang says that "to blow smoke" has meant "to confuse, to mystify through speech," since the mid-19th ... ***," recorded since the 1950s, to be an intensification of that. They define it as "to confuse, to tell lies."[/nq]
Cf: Camouflage?
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