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To: skinowski who wrote (254468)6/14/2008 2:55:19 PM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 793725
 
Here's a good synonym for whippersnapper - jackanape. I'm going to try to work that one into a conversation. Actually it will be easy. There are always a bunch of young jackanapes hanging around our house.

whippersnapper
A noun
1 whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight

someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous



To: skinowski who wrote (254468)6/15/2008 3:11:27 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Respond to of 793725
 
LOL! I picked it up the word from Curtis Sliva, some time in the 80's or 90's, when I used to listen to him on the radio once in a while...

Curtis Sliwa???


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