• May 27, 2012

pt fancy ancient words

by Jim Newell  4:13 pm April 24, 2009

EH IT’S JUST AN OLD PERSON PHRASE: What is this thing in our inbox: “In a new column, MSNBC pundit Pat Buchanan refers to the Nicaraguan president as ‘the scrub stock of the hemisphere.’ What does ‘scrub stock’ mean? It turns out it’s an antiquated phrase referring to an inferior breed of farm animal — [...]