up your nose with a rubber hose

Questions

What does up your nose with a rubber hose mean?

A derisive insult.

Where does up your nose with a rubber hose come from?

Popularized in the 1970's from use by the writers of US TV series Welcome Back, Kotter to replace the censored phrase up yours, but apparently already in use decades earlier.

How to pronounce up your nose with a rubber hose

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