Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums

[hiromichi]

What is a wolf ticket?

When I was coming of age on the streets of New York City,
　　there was a phrase we used to indicate an empty threat:
　　selling wolf tickets.
　　It was a rhetorical ploy bullies used to intimidate others
　　and others used to imitate bullies.
_________________
Hiromichi

[CP]

The passage that you quoted defines "wolf ticket" for you as an empty threat. You can find some interesting material on "wolf ticket" and "woof ticket" at
http://www.antipatterns.com/wolfticket.htm
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_ticket
_________________
You live a new life for every new language you speak. -Czech proverb

[hiromichi]

CP, Thank you very much though I can not understand anything about anti-pattern.
_________________
Hiromichi