# What Does The Word "Brandish" Make You Think Of?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-brandish-make-you-think-of/543966>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-brandish-make-you-think-of/543966 "2010-06-21T08:11:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-brandish-make-you-think-of/543966/21 "2010-06-23T22:11:30Z")

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gnashing of teeth

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-brandish-make-you-think-of/543966/22 "2010-06-24T17:11:19Z")

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graven image  
fatted calf  
prodigal son  
rearview mirror  
pinking shears

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-brandish-make-you-think-of/543966/23 "2010-06-24T17:22:43Z")

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ajar

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**Author:** ![CrimeThink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@CrimeThink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrimeThink)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-brandish-make-you-think-of/543966/24 "2010-06-24T20:58:14Z")

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Profusely + bleeding

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-brandish-make-you-think-of/543966/25 "2010-06-24T20:59:51Z")

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Copious Notes

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