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Tuesday Afternoon

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2. yes, that is the way I always took this phrase. As meaning, we got that person's number.

Reply to notadmblnd (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 12:26 PM

Sep 2014

We have figured them out and they are worthless, in a manner of speaking.

or Not worth very much.

Maybe the phrase in the OP is not racial, I don't know. So, I thought I would ask how POC take the phrase.

Maybe it is a very local idiom/jargon/slang.

Thanks for the comment.

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No, I've never heard that phrase used in that manner. notadmblnd Sep 2014 #1

yes, that is the way I always took this phrase. As meaning, we got that person's number. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #2