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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