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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Wed Dec 13, 2017, 10:16 PM Dec 2017

Last edited Wed Dec 13, 2017, 11:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Here's the actual origin of that phrase(trigger warning for anyone who's been sexually assaulted).

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=in%20the%20barrel

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Could we maybe come up with a substitute for "(name's) turn in the barrel"? [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2017 OP

Franken was really pushing the investigation into the Trump/Russia guillaumeb Dec 2017 #1

I get that and am aware of the payback aspect of what was done to him. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #2

Agreed. eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #6

Good Godz leftstreet Dec 2017 #3

I honestly thought it meant shooting fish in a barrel irisblue Dec 2017 #5