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3. Refuge, Ma'am, Will Be Taken In Colloquialism

Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:11 AM

Jun 2020

'This motor is shot' conveys it has been used too hard to be worth repair, and there are other usages in which 'shot' conveys that something is finished and done.

Part of the art of deniability is employment of phrases that can be taken in various ways by 'those with ears to hear', so I am not quarreling with your view, merely laying out the likely defense, which I expect will prove adequate when complaints are made to the management....

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Take down this threat to Joe Biden immediately Twitter [View all] malaise Jun 2020 OP

Not the first time he has called Biden "shot". Cracklin Charlie Jun 2020 #1

A huge dog whistle malaise Jun 2020 #2

I reported the post to twitter as a threat which I believe it is. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #9

Thank you. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2020 #10

Refuge, Ma'am, Will Be Taken In Colloquialism The Magistrate Jun 2020 #3

He knows exactly what he is doing here malaise Jun 2020 #5

I Agree, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #7

He doesn't know much, but he sure knows the code words to whistle his crazies into action. FM123 Jun 2020 #4

There protests against trump in the Villages Gothmog Jun 2020 #6

Go Ed! malaise Jun 2020 #8

Hero -- one who ignores risk to self in order to help others. See, e.g., Ed McGinty. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #11

I'll bet the Twitter folks are talking about it. gulliver Jun 2020 #12