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Re: Language slipping?
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Date: 
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:31:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Jeff Thompson writes:


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

I was being not-too-subtly sarcastic. POOP is just fine.

Chris



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(...) Sorry - my irony-detector needs rewiring, obviously. (Slinks off abashedly) -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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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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