# But NOOOOOOO!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-nooooooo/191354>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 28, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-nooooooo/191354 "2003-07-28T02:17:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-nooooooo/191354/81 "2003-08-05T23:34:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Somnambulist \*  
> She shops them and they are all shot as traitors.

She “shops” them? 😕

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**Author:** ![Somnambulist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Somnambulist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somnambulist)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-nooooooo/191354/82 "2003-08-06T07:37:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by rjung \*  
> \*\*She “shops” them? 😕 \*\*

Sorry, a bit of a colloquial British term I think. It means to ‘sell out’, particularly in reference to handing someone over to authorities.

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