this taint your fathers; Taint mis-behavin
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| 4 +1 | ain't misbehavin |
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| 3 +1 | * |
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| 4 | a corruption of attaint |
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| 3 | *** |
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1 min confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1ain't misbehavin Explanation: famous blue song this isn't your father's chevrolet (advertising slogan to make young people think Chevrolets are cool) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-06-03 22:54:21 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ain\'t Misbehavin\'. Lyrics by Various Music by Fats Waller Conception by Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby Jr. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg ... www.musicalheaven.com/a/aint_misbehavin.shtml -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-06-03 22:55:42 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This is not your father\'s Chevrolet! Another from-concept-to-showroom rush job, expect the SRX to be built in Lansing and go on sale before summer of 2003. ... pc99.detnews.com/autosinsider/ sneakpeek/index.hbs?myrec=27 |
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29 mins confidence:
*** Explanation: And so maybe taint in this context means infected or contaminated. Which is what he's saying won't happen to passer-by? As in 'it won't taint you to reach into my pocket for the key and free me'? Is it a weak pun or do I just not get it? Sylvia, are you translating one-panel comics a la Gary Larson? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-06-03 23:54:18 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Oh... you mean Jackass! I thought so when they started shooting at the guy\'s groin! I\'ve seen that episode, I\'m sorry to have to admit. Incidentally, knowing what we\'re dealing with makes it a whole lot easier to guess the meaning of the phrases. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-06-04 00:39:41 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- OK, so not Jackass, but it _was_ a television programme, and that\'s providing context too. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-06-04 01:24:43 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- OK, so not Jackass, but it _was_ a television programme, and that\'s providing context too. |
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29 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1* Explanation: I have to admit, I don't quite get it either, but hopefully this will help you solve the mystery: to taint = to stain, to soil a taint = a spot, a blemish 't ain't [colloquial] = it is not hence also: the taint [slang] = the perineum (small strip of tissue between the genitals and the anus; "'t ain't you balls and 't ain't your asshole") Ain't Misbehavin' = title of a musical and of a song from that musical Paint Your Wagon = title of a western movie and of a musical This ain't your father's XYZ = This is a modern XYZ |
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57 mins confidence:
a corruption of attaint Explanation: - to touch or affect Standard Dictionary - Funk & Wagnalis |
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