Beetiger argot

[beetiger]

"Right, it's as small as peas."

Playful shorthand for conceding an argument because you just don't feel like having it, and it doesn't really matter anyway.

From a Roz Chast cartoon titled "Wimpy Mom", in which the aforementioned mom reads to her toddler: "Dinosaurs were VERY VERY big." "NOOO! THEY ARE NOT!!" "You're right, they were as small as peas." (What a wimpy, wimpy mom.)

Comments

[blither.livejournal.com]

*waves both hands* Wimpy mom here! (er, well, sometimes)

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

[supersocks.livejournal.com]

Roz Chast is awesome. I should see if I can get some of her books.