eat my shorts

Popularized by the TV series The Simpsons (1989), where it is a catchphrase of Bart Simpson.

• "Notre Dame boys greeted one another with "Eat It" to be answered by "Eat It Raw" or "Eat a Big One" or "Eat My Shorts," sometimes "Eat My Crusty Shorts.""
• "Mickey: You could be the biggest fairy of them all! Meat: Eat my shorts!"
• "Richard Vernon: You're not fooling anyone, Bender. The next screw that falls out will be you. John Bender: Eat my shorts. Richard Vernon: What was that? John Bender: Eat... My... Shorts."
• "Her eyes are telling me, "Eat my shorts, you precocious little fart." I definitely haven't made a friend."
• "For instance, Bart often expresses his irreverence toward authority on "The Simpsons" by exclaiming "Eat my shorts.""