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Re: Language slipping?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:58:26 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Christopher Lannan writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Christopher Lannan writes:
> More thoughts-
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> 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.
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> Chris
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 http://www.lugnet.com/loc/uk/?n=2310 for
a discussion of the history of the term and other acronyms the
AFOL community has generated.
I think I'll stick with POOP rather than PFOP.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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