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- From: larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way)
- Subject: Re: Is it Naivete, Stupidity or Homophobia? (Re: Recent Peeve
- In-Reply-To: booter@Autodesk.COM's message of 19 Nov 92 21:43:43 GMT
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- Organization: New Mexico State University, MetaPhysical Science Laboratory
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:38:43 GMT
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- >>>>> On 19 Nov 92 21:43:43 GMT, booter@Autodesk.COM (Elaine Richards) said:
- [ comments about homophobes deleted.. ]
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- Elaine> Peeve: People who refuse to acquaint themselves with the nomenclature
- Elaine> of other groups of people. A "glory hole" is a pick up place
- Elaine> where anonymous sexual activity occurs. It is not a "wank
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- Hmm. And here I had this entirely different definition of "glory hole",
- from my drinking days with a buddy who ran an X-rated movie theater.
-
- Elaine> hole". "Wankhole" is a term constructed by Curtis to describe
- Elaine> a virtual (computer defined) social space contaminated by
- Elaine> juveniles who express their sexual frustrations in gratuitous
- Elaine> and fumblingly salacious flame wars and name calling
- Elaine> exhibitions.
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- Obviously another misconception of mine, formed even earlier, from living
- in London eight weeks.
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- Peeve: Finding out I didn't know the correct meanings of "glory hole" and
- "wankhole" all these years..
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- L.
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