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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!utcsri!psych.toronto.edu!christo
  4. From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
  5. Subject: Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov20.195643.16877@psych.toronto.edu>
  7. Keywords: genitalia synonyms
  8. Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
  9. References: <1992Nov17.221542.17555@husc3.harvard.edu> <11612@scott.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov20.103115.23839@news.unige.ch>
  10. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:56:43 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Nov20.103115.23839@news.unige.ch> afzal@divsun.unige.ch writes:
  14. >According to [1, pp. 161]:
  15. >
  16. >(3) You twat!
  17. >(4) You prick!
  18. >
  19. >However, in such cases the ``euphemisms'' are not synonymous with the
  20. >terms of which they are normally considered euphemisms.
  21. >
  22. Perhaps *dysphemisms* would be more appropriate. :-)
  23.  
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  25. Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
  26. Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
  27. University of Toronto
  28. Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
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