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beetiger ([personal profile] beetiger) wrote2004-08-31 09:24 pm

Beetiger argot

"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.)

[identity profile] blither.livejournal.com 2004-08-31 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
*waves both hands* Wimpy mom here! (er, well, sometimes)

[identity profile] kibbles.livejournal.com 2004-08-31 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Ditto.

[identity profile] supersocks.livejournal.com 2004-08-31 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Roz Chast is awesome. I should see if I can get some of her books.