Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities
| From: | Rodlox <rodlox@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 9:46 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Morgan (aka Flesh-eating Dragon)" <dragon@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: Slang, curses and vulgarities
> Tristan McLeay wrote, quoting myself:
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> > > There is, IME, a small minority of young Australians for whom "shit"
> > > seems to mean "stuff" without even being intrinsically derogatory -
> > > and many more Australians, young and old, for whom this usage is most
> > > galling.
is the word "stuff" a derogative?
ie, "get stuffed" or "the battle turned into a stuffathon".