Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Miscellany archaic and alternate uses of words Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: archaic and alternate uses of words #69714 05/14/02 12:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 How some things change. I can remember hearing in the twenties a joke about a psychiatrist writing a letter to parents of a of a young lady telling them "she needed more social intercourse". His secretary got him into hot water by typing that as "sexual intercourse". Now that last word is not used for anything else.Imagine trying to tell that joke now. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted archaic and alternate uses of words Alex Williams 05/12/02 07:10 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words of troy 05/12/02 07:32 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/12/02 08:30 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/14/02 12:06 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/14/02 12:50 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words Alex Williams 05/14/02 04:19 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words Capital Kiwi 05/15/02 06:42 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/15/02 07:16 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/15/02 07:18 PM . Max Quordlepleen 05/15/02 11:38 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/16/02 12:27 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/16/02 12:36 AM . Max Quordlepleen 05/12/02 09:14 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words Alex Williams 05/13/02 01:07 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/13/02 01:18 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/16/02 12:40 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 787 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org