I am a wet noodle, she had said sadly to Sister Albertine.

Equality, too, removes the possibility of bargaining, of jewing up or jewing down a salary, according to the exigencies of the moment.

Sounds like a quick death you may think, but I done it sev'ral times an' s'prisin' slowsome it is, b'lief me.

Cuspers are natural translators because they often speak the language of two generations. Sometimes we even call them generationally bilingual!