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champing at the bit.

• jmatt 16y ago
  It seems to be a valid alternative: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chomp_at_the_bit http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chomp_at_the_bit
  • spitfire 16y ago
    It isn't. Horses champ at their bits when they're anxious to go. Post-rationalizing "chomping at the bit" is simply incorrect.
    • alnayyir 16y ago
      Prescriptivists acting as if their fetish is important is more amusing when it's not distracting from demonstrably more valuable subject matter. I wasn't using some of kind of mongoloid newspeak. Chill out