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From: jeff@heurikon.UUCP (Jeffrey Mattox)
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Subject: Where does "on the fritz" come from?
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Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 01:15:34 EST
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Does anyone know the origin of the phrase:
"It's on the fritz"?   A piece on NPR about
language asked if anybody knew this.  So far,
nobody has been able to document the basis of
this phrase.

(No, it has nothing to do with Mondale.)
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