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fart
noun- an anal emission of gases UK, 1386
From Chaucer in 1386 through to the present day. - I’m going to hang around like a fart in a Volkswagen[.] — Ivor Biggun, The Winker’s Paradise, 1978
- And the fart I’m smellin’ right now is definitely not one of mine. — George Carlin, Napalm & Silly Putty, p. 38, 2001
- an unlikeable, even contemptible person UK, 1891
- Well, Coughlin, you old fart, what you been doin? — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums, p. 23, 1958
- This ol’ fart Blastic, heh’s comin’ to pieces befo’ my very eyes. — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 31, 1962
- He sure was one pissed-off old fart, but he was a smart old fart too. — Mickey Spillane, Last Cop Out, p. 160, 1972
- Some of them old farts out three, four days a time, you don’t say squat to them. — Saturday Night Fever, 1977
- He’s got some gadgets you old farts maybe never heard of. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
- used as a symbol of contempt UK, 1685
- [T]he Minister for Public Transport does not give a fart for forest land in Leyton. — Mr. Harry Cohen, Hansard (United Kingdom Parliament), 15 March 1989
▶ a fart in a windstorm
a fuss made over something unimportant CANADA, 1963
The Dictionary of American Regional English gives several variations on this phrase, including “fart in a whirlwind”, but in this form only since 1963.- Equivalent to the widely known “mountain out of a molehill,” a fuss made over something unimportant is said to be “a fart in a windstorm.” — Lewis Poteet, The South Shore Phrase Book, p. 43, 1999
▶ like a fart in a trance
listless, distracted, indecisive UK- Away oot fur gooness sake insteed a hingin aboot the hoose lik a fart in a trance. — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, 1985
- You’ve been going about like a fart in a trance for the last three months. — Tim Parks, Shear, p. 136, 1995
- Shooting back, he decided, beat pacing about like a fart in a trance, all hollow! — Dewey Lambdin, Sea of Grey, p. 23, 2002
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