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"Mum's the word." Wait - we thought the bird was the word. Well, according to Billy Shakes, in his play Henry VI, Part 2 (the sequel is never as good as the original), the word is "mum." In other words, keep quiet. Maybe he was passive-aggressively making a suggestion to his audience?
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