clue-by-four: [Usenet: portmanteau, clue + two-by-four] The
notional stick with which one whacks an aggressively clueless
person. This term derives from a western American folk saying about
training a mule "First, you got to hit him with a two-by-four.
That's to get his attention." The clue-by-four is a close relative
of the LART.
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