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To: CottonBall
one is a shoe in (weird phrase, isn’t it?) while the other isn’t.
For sure, “shoe in” is a weird phrase.

OTOH “shoo-in” denotes someone who faces only nominal opposition.


35 posted on 12/15/2015 12:45:39 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

LOL!

Ok, I’m corrected!

shoo-in is still odd as well. What’s the derivation?


37 posted on 12/15/2015 12:47:42 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

just google.

shoo is a verb.

who knew?!


39 posted on 12/15/2015 12:49:27 PM PST by CottonBall
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