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- verb idiomatic, performing arts To display
excessive emotion or to act in anexaggerated manner while performing; to bemelodramatic ; to beflamboyant .
Etymologies
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Its earliest reference is listed in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang as being used by Mary Hallock Foote in Coeur D'Alene in 1894.
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hernesheir commented on the word chew the scenery
*loved*
February 10, 2013