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No * wonder

Posted by ESC on June 16, 2006

In Reply to: No * wonder posted by RRC on June 16, 2006

: : what does the phrase "flaming wonder" or "no flaming wonder" mean and where did it originate?

: It's just "no wonder" with flaming inserted as an intensifier. Could be no bloody wonder, no damn wonder, no freaking wonder, etc.

I am thinking it's a substitution for "No f****** wonder."

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