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