A smiling yellow paper mask on a stick leans beside a white flower in a glass of water.

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You use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.

— Blazing Saddles • 1974

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker compares someone’s use of their tongue favourably with a sex worker’s. The crude compliment praises a perceived ability without identifying the exact activity or establishing an objective comparison.

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