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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Trading barb

After trading barbs from afar, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry go face to face tonight. Poll

Trading bard = exchanging sharp remarks = swapping cutting remarks?

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They've haggled over the room temperature, the size of the dressing rooms and even whether a buzzer should cut the candidates off when time is up.

Buzzer = ? Is it a temperature buzzer? A warning buzzer?

Time is up? Up = ?
  

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Jobb, trading barbs --> exchanging sharp remarks buzzer --> electronic bell to indicate that time is up time is up --> time allotted has expired MountainHiker

— MountainHiker

  • Jobb, trading barbs --> exchanging sharp remarks buzzer --> electronic bell to indicate that time is up time is up --> time allotted has expired MountainHiker
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Jobb,

trading barbs --> exchanging sharp remarks

buzzer --> electronic bell to indicate that time is up

time is up --> time allotted has expired

MountainHiker
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