illegitimi non carborundum

Latin phrase meaning: Don't let the bastards grind you down

Mike - My girlfriend just cheated on me which makes me mad.
Bill - Just say to yourself illegitimi non carborundum!

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illegitimis non carborundum

Don't let the bastards grind you down (from the mock-Latin word, illegitimatus, "bastard," and carborundum, an old brand of abrasives)

Whenever they take advantage of your disability, just remember this phrase, illegitimis non carborundum.

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illegitimis non carborundum

latin: 1: don't let the bastards bring you down. (eng.)
2: a very hard substance composed of silicon carbide.

"You were good kid, very good, but as long as I'm around you'll always be second best- see?" -Quoted from The Cincinatti Kid, mean bastard poker king. Groupie comment to Steve Mc. Queen: "Illegitimis non carborundum, kid." To which Steve Mc. Queen's reaction would be... "huh?!?!"

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