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clue-by-four
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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. Syn. clue stick.