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frog in one's pocket en · NOUN
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(humorous) The supposed reason for a person using the pronoun we when really speaking only about themselves.
[…] the interrogating lawyer said: "Who is this 'we'? Do you have a frog in your pocket?"
2016, David Hricik, Law School Basics: A Preview of Law School and Legal Reasoning:“We got a problem.” We? I'm thinking. You got a frog in your pocket or something?
2018, Ross Klavan, Tim O'Mara, Charles Salzberg, Three Strikes: 3 Authors, 3 Novellas:
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