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    “Arrange Those @*%# Flowers, Yo”

    DateWednesday, August 31, 2005 at 07:59AM

    martha.jpgQuote: "She didn't just invent the business…She IS the business." Promo for "Martha rules," Martha Stewart's new reality show

    Figure of Speech: antistrophe (an TIS troh fee), the last-word repeater

    The antistrophe reuses the last word in a phrase or clause. Martha really likes the figure. "I don't want to lose my patience," she says in the promo. "None of you want me to lose my patience."

    Welcome to Martha's ex-con ethos, with America as her bitch.

    Snappy Answer: "And now she's GIVING us the business."

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