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History of Feminism
Related: About this forumCheck out this review of an obituary in The Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/16/taki-gunter-sachs-playboysI don't know what the "ding-dong" refers to, but this is a right-good smackdown!
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Check out this review of an obituary in The Guardian. (Original Post)
PassingFair
Apr 2012
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I found this and still find his meaning of "ding dong" to be elusive. Maybe "idiots".
no_hypocrisy
Apr 2012
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no_hypocrisy
(46,094 posts)1. I found this and still find his meaning of "ding dong" to be elusive. Maybe "idiots".
hlthe2b
(102,239 posts)2. I've long thought Oxford should release a special British Slang dicitonary for Americans...
I've learned a lot the hard way--from embarrassing mistakes... LOL
Nice smack down and apparently, quite warranted, I agree
intaglio
(8,170 posts)3. "Ding .... dong" in soft, lecherous tones
Leslie Phillips played a seducer in many films and television and radio programmes, usually failing miserably. Originally the phrase was "Ding-dong, you're not wrong!" said briskly, but gradually the catch-phrase morphed as time went on into more suggestive intonations, perhaps implying "she's rung my bell, hurrr- hurrr-hurrr,"
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)4. Like: SCHWING!!
Only I can't be offended by Wayne and Garth -- they're too pure!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)5. add ten years and look at them doing the same thing
doesnt look nearly as "pure". we would expect a point of maturity.....
and then again, maybe not