'I didn't know Gov. Palin was bilingual!' -Senator John Cornyn's tweeted
response to the fish wife's claim that President Obama had no cojones.
Bonus question: Who follows John Cornyn's Twitter feed?
Monday, August 2, 2010
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A fishwife or fish fag[1] is a woman who sells fish.[2] Such women were notoriously loud and foul-mouthed as in the expression, To swear like a fishwife. One reason for their outspokenness is that their wares were highly perishable and so lost value if not sold quickly.[3]
ReplyDeleteNow that I know what a "fish wife" is, I can see the aptness of the title.