Re: ecxopic baob
From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
Date: | Friday, June 6, 2003, 10:38 |
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From: "Steg Belsky" <draqonfayir@...>
> That's easy...
> It's obviously a typo for "eXCopic baob".
> "ex-" is obviously the Latinate prefix 'from', and "-ic" is the
> adjectival suffix.
> The "cop" in the middle doesn't have to do with police, but with Coptic
> (there's that '-ic' again!), which comes from Ancient Egyptian, and the
> Egyptians were famed for their mystical knowledge. So 'cop' means
> something like 'mystic', 'chemisty' (=Kemet!), or 'medicine'.
> "Baob" is an onomatopeia for soemthing big, like a didgeridoo; by
> extension, any similar large cylindrical object.
> Therefore, "ex-cop-ic baob" means "penile erection by chemistry/medicine"
>
> :-P
I knew you wouldn't fail me! :)
Sal