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Chris -- 2018-04-11
#1 2014-03-30 14:47:45
- kem
- Eggcornista
- From: Victoria, BC
- Registered: 2007-08-28
- Posts: 2853
figure licking << finger licking
A picture that’s been circulating on the Internet:
“Figure licking†may be a standard with some folks. Many examples on the web. Among them:
Restaurant review post: “Was driving to San Antonio. Just happened to find this small place. It was Outstanding. Ribs were figure licking good. Brisket was the best I ever had. â€
Review of restaurant in Hyderabad: “ I have tried rest of their many dishes and they are figure licking.â€
Yelp comment on restaurant: “The place has fantastic, delicious figure licking good mole.â€
Not quite sure what the image is behind the reworked phrase. Perhaps it describes a food that is so good and fattening that it defeats all attempts to maintain one’s figure? Probably, however, just an acyrologia.1
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1 Been waiting several weeks to drop this word into a post. Pardon my sciolism.
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