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Posted by Angela on November 01, 2000

In Reply to: Funny Phrases posted by ESC on February 22, 2000

: : Does anyone have any humorous (or just good) phrases for those forays that young men take to prove their worth? (Not looking for erotically oriented phrases, you salacious-minded readers!)

: : I'm interested in phrases, slang terms, or coulourful descriptions about men proving or establishing themselves. Early battles and quests. Marking out turf. Etcetera...

: : Patty

: It seems to me that "growing antlers" is a term for a boy growing into manhood. Then, from the This Dog'll Really Hunt: An Entertaining Texas Dictionary by Wallace O. Chariton: "beginning to feather out."

: "When I was your age, young and full of ginger, I wanted to take a bite out of every pretty girl I saw." quoted in "The Wolfpen Notebooks" by James Still (The University Of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Ky., 1991).

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