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  • Thumbs down to those who've referred to the President and the country as 'triggerhappy' and 'war-mongering'.

    kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2001

  • At first I thought the camera was well protected, but suddenly it became very 'triggerhappy', the lightest touch of the shutterbutton made it fire.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2009

  • I'm triggerhappy this morning and will have no (immediate) regrets in flushing comments down the memory hole.

    A Modest Proposal (By a Somewhat Modest Engineer) 2009

  • She is triggerhappy to refute whatever Obama says and that makes her look fickle, overreative, indecisive and just plain irresponsible.

    Obama Memo Presses The Point: He's The Real Change Agent On Foreign Policy 2009

  • Turned out to be nothing but some triggerhappy grunts back at the fire base, but we had to put out ambushes and sit around.

    1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984

  • But what you#ve left completely out in your blog entry is how triggerhappy the soldiers were.

    Sun Bloggers Joerg Moellenkamp 2010

  • But what you#ve left completely out in your blog entry is how triggerhappy the soldiers were.

    Sun Bloggers Joerg Moellenkamp 2010

  • FROM PARIS WITH LOVE, R Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays an ambassador's aide about to realize his dream of becoming a real CIA operative until he meets his new partner (John Travolta), a triggerhappy, wisecracking, loose cannon who is the last best chance of stopping a terrorist attack. (95 minutes)

    Arkansas Online stories < 2010

  • For the rest, you still have to refrain from being triggerhappy, especially with those precious magnum rounds.

    QJ.NET 2010

  • Armand returns with 'Shake That ***' taken from his forthcoming mix album "New York A Mix Odyssey 2" Catch Armand DJing at Matter, London on 17th October 2008 produced by: triggerhappy Directed by: McRich Girl footage by Marek ****

    unknown title 2009

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