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Don't touch my junk
A phrase that became popular in the United States in late 2010 as a reaction to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) patdowns. In November 2010, full body patdowns were given to airline passengers in the United States who refused to go through a TSA full body scanner machine. coined in by passenger John Tyner of Oceanside, California, who released an audio recording from San Diego International Airport in which he told TSA agents: "If you touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested." Tyner had initially chosen to undergo a pat-down rather than going through a full-body scan machine.
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