[SOC] Anglo-American Translation
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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:39:14 -0400
On 13 Sep 2002 at 23:37, Chris Redding wrote:
> Dear Yanks:
>
> Please translate the following words (from President Bush II) into English.
>
> "[Saddam Hussein is]..... crawfishing".
>
> Thanks,
> Chris G4PDJ
# CRAWFISH---To back out on something.---"You just watch, he will crawfish out of this."---Crawfish swim backwards when escaping from something, thus backing out
became synonymous with crawfishing.
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