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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

toilet paper

What does "toilet paper" mean as a verb?

- Did you toilet paper the Johnsons' house?
  

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Probably: noun verbalization, with the meaning: - Did you PROVIDE WITH toilet paper the Johnsons' house? - Did you COVER WITH toilet paper the inside walls of Johnsons' house? ]

  • Probably: noun verbalization, with the meaning: - Did you PROVIDE WITH toilet paper the Johnsons' house?
  • - Did you COVER WITH toilet paper the inside walls of Johnsons' house?
  • ]
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Probably: noun verbalization, with the meaning:


- Did you PROVIDE WITH toilet paper the Johnsons' house?
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Did you COVER WITH toilet paper the inside walls of Johnsons' house? [kind of extreme to me, but ...]
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Neither, although the second is closer.

As a prank, you take rolls of toilet paper and toss it over the branches of trees, over shrubs, etc. (It's best to use two-ply or it breaks as you toss the roll.) You don't really toilet paper the building, but the trees.

In some parts of the United States, the night before Halloween is called Michief Night, Devil's Night, or Gate Night.
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in the dialogue it is used, it has an accusatory tone.

Mom: Did you toilet paper the Johnsons' house?
Boy: Is that what you came in here to ask me?
Mom: No.
Boy: I stopped rolling houses in the sixth grade, Mom.
Mom: What happened to my son? I don't recognize this person today.
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OK, GG, yes, I saw this thing going on, but I forgot about it.
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So, Diamondrg, did my explanation make sense to you? That's exactly what the mother is asking - did you put toilet paper all over the trees, etc., of their house?

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