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Re: Language slipping?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:37:07 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Christopher Lannan writes:
More thoughts-
What about the AFOL acronymn "POOP" How many of us can honestly say it wasn't
chosen because of its "potty humour" nature. Piece out of other pieces should
be pooop, shouldn't it? I suggest a much less fecal related "PFOP" piece from
other pieces.
Chris
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| (...) Oh, good grief. "Poop" is too vulgar for this newsgroup? Yes, the potty-mouth / bodily function humor of the term was entirely the point. See (URL) for a discussion of the history of the term and other acronyms the AFOL community has (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) It seems you and I agree. Like I said- IF the young person does not know the word, (though most do) then he will not infer the word from a partial spelling. The only people to infer a dirty word will be those who are familiar with it and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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