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Re: :-))

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Thursday, June 14, 2001, 19:52
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 08:05:58PM +0200, claudio wrote:
> @henrik theiling > > """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > ASS: > Assume with a slight doubt that the proposition is correct. > > You drink ASS coffee > You do drink coffee, don't you? > == I assume you drink coffee (i.e., not tea), right?
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> > LOL !!! > > "You ASS drink coffee !!!
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> i call this usage of a "culturally fatal akronym" :-)
Hehe. Just a few days ago on Jay Leno's "Headlines" segment, he showed an ad for a store or deli or something advertising "ASS SOUP," which presumably meant "assorted soup," but the effect was unintentionally comical :) -- Eric Christopherson | Rakko