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number two
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The act of defecation, a nursery term, the usage of which has extends into adult life. See defecation for synonyms.QUOTES:
(1) Lionel Twain (Truman Capote), claiming to be the greatest detective, and Sam Diamond (Peter Falk) contradicting him in Murder by Death (1976):
-- Lionel: ' Look at me! I'm the greatest! I'm number one! '
-- Sam: ' To me you look like number two. Know what I mean? '
(2) Thornton Melon's (Rodney Dangerfield) graduation speech in Back to School (1986): ' It's a jungle out there. You've got to look out for number one... but don't step in number two.'
(3) Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot (Danny De Vito) because his parents threw in the sewers as a child in Batman Returns (1992): ' I was their number one son and they treated me like number two.'
(4) P.I. Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) entering door #2 in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982): ' I had no trouble finding Dr. Forrest's cheese lab. It smelled like the number on the door.'
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