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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Christmas-card roster...

Lois: District attorneyRay Sacks,
my pet (Favorite?) research project.

Clark: Since when is a veteran DA
newsworthy?

Since his christmas-card roster (Achievements?) reads like
a soprano's hit list. I call him "sacks-ophone"
'cause he loves to blow his own horn! Blow his nose?
  

Top answer

Pet - yes, favorite. I would think Christmas-card roster would mean the people he send cards to, not the list of achievements on his own card. "Hit list" sounds like a list of musical numbers here, though, so I'm not sure.

— Delmobile

  • Pet - yes, favorite.
  • I would think Christmas-card roster would mean the people he send cards to, not the list of achievements on his own card.
  • "Hit list" sounds like a list of musical numbers here, though, so I'm not sure.
  • A "hit list" can also be a list of people you want killed, but surely a soprano wouldn't have one of those?
  • Then again, remembering sopranos I have known...
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Pet - yes, favorite.

I would think Christmas-card roster would mean the people he send cards to, not the list of achievements on his own card. "Hit list" sounds like a list of musical numbers here, though, so I'm not sure. A "hit list" can also be a list of people you want killed, but surely a soprano wouldn't have one of those? Then again, remembering sopranos I have known...

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So by the soprano hit list she means he knows too many people?
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Well, I've only heard "hit list" used to describe either a list of people or a list of songs, and a "roster" is usually a list of names. But --- since the "blow his own horn" thing comes next, I think that, as you guessed, "Christmas card roster" must mean a list of achievements - those awful letters people put in their Christmas cards exaggerating all the accomplishments they've made during the
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