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- From: thayes@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: excrement/secretion diversity
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.163959.6337@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:39:58 EST
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In the spirit of the "seize-on," with its oh-too-many holidays, I would suggest
- that we be ecumenical in our choice of excrement. Rat shit was a good'un,
- but in general I prefer more evocative terms such as...
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- pissing contest (much like debates on a.u.e.!)
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- piss it away
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- piss-poor
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- pissed off & piss off
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- (the following three from the Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary)
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- piss about
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- piss artist
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- piss taker
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- And let's not forget secretions! For example:
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- snotty
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- snot-nosed
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- sweat ball
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- scum ball
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- scum sucker
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- Enjoy *your* holiday and drive carefully. I look forward to catching up with
- you all next year!
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- -----ted hayes
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