Or What?

Those two words might very well be the two most powerful words in the English Language, in that combination.

You say "This is the way it's going to be from now on. Period."

And the person you are threatening asks "Or what?"

Puts your back up against the wall, doesn't it?

We are all full of bluff and bluster, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty, most of us are made of Silly Putty.

All talk, no action.

Somebody asks you "Or what?" and you have to back up your threat. You have to tell them what you'll do and they have to believe you will actually do it.

Or you are wasting your fucking breath.