Demonstratively patriotic.

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  • Refers to the Fourth of July, which is Independence Day in the United States. The specific phrase likely originates with the song “Yankee Doodle Dandy” which opens with I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy / A Yankee Doodle, do or die / A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam 's / Born on the Fourth of July.
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He was never in the service, but he acts like he was born on the Fourth of July.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

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