| It's just one in a range well-tested celebrity responses to the scandalmongers, from the Dignified Evasion to the Snotty Putdown. |
| If this seems like a chauvinistic putdown of the bridge-and-tunnel crowd, you know they're up to far worse. |
| Through the decade, heavy metal was used by certain critics as a virtually automatic putdown. |
| In November, Soviet tanks appear on the streets of Budapest to putdown the protests. |
| A putdown directed at the other parent affects the child as well, causing pain and lowered self-esteem. |
| And Ros poleaxes a human rights lawyer with a putdown so cool you can ski down it. |
