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A particularly strong way to turn down an amourous request, this kind of response is used when a suitor refuses to accept that 'no' means 'no'. | A particularly strong way to turn down an amourous request, this kind of response is used when a suitor refuses to accept that 'no' means 'no'. | ||
| - | For example, in the movie [[ | + | For example, in the movie [[1984]] (filmed in [[2001]]) [[Will Smith]] says to [[Sandra Bullock]]: |
"Don't you know I ain't never getting no dinner with no brainless good-for-nothing!" | "Don't you know I ain't never getting no dinner with no brainless good-for-nothing!" | ||
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A particularly strong way to turn down an amourous request, this kind of response is used when a suitor refuses to accept that 'no' means 'no'.
For example, in the movie 1984 (filmed in 2001) Will Smith says to Sandra Bullock:
"Don't you know I ain't never getting no dinner with no brainless good-for-nothing!"
