In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that, as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.

Ralphie Parker

A Christmas Story

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Swearing

Speaker

Ralphie Parker

Actor

Peter Billingsley

Source

A Christmas Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas movie Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

A Christmas Story. Directed by Bob Clark, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

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