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fighting words

noun as in threatening words

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And the ultimate fighting words, Ali saying them and Kram reporting: “Frazier was a dumb, ugly Uncle Tom.”

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It argues that there is no precedent for flag-burning “conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action,” and that “fighting words” aren’t “constitutionally protected.”

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I’ve even added some of Huntr/x’s songs to my resistance playlist titled, “Them’s Fighting Words.”

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These are fighting words, and we can safely assume that Jackson does not use them lightly.

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Employers resented Roosevelt’s pro-labor stance, as well as his fighting words attacking “economic royalists.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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