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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread feculence #121882 02/02/2004 5:27 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA In a column written by Jeff Jacoby in today's (1 February 04) Boston Globe, he decries the use of bad words in the media. His column is posted at http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/02/01/the_slippery_slope_into_indecent_language/ In his conclusion he refers to "the feculence of modern life." I had never heard the word before, looked it up, see how he is using it somewhat analogically, and marvel. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted feculence Father Steve 02/02/2004 5:27 AM Re: feculence Capfka 02/02/2004 11:07 AM Re: feculence wwh 02/02/2004 12:59 PM Re: feculence TEd Remington 02/02/2004 12:51 PM Re: feculence tsuwm 02/02/2004 2:51 PM ithyphallic consuelo 02/03/2004 12:44 AM Re: ithyphallic jheem 02/03/2004 2:05 AM Since at least 1913 consuelo 02/03/2004 11:11 AM Re: one citation from 1864 jheem 02/03/2004 1:26 PM Re: one citation from 1864 tsuwm 02/03/2004 1:42 PM Re: one citation from 1864 jheem 02/03/2004 2:42 PM Re: one citation from 1864 hibernicus 02/04/2004 2:55 PM Etymologies from Merriam Webster hibernicus 02/04/2004 3:02 PM Re: Etymologies from Merriam Webster Sparteye 02/08/2004 5:29 AM Re: one citation from 1864 Faldage 02/04/2004 3:14 PM Re: feculence Zed 02/03/2004 12:45 AM Re: feculence jheem 02/03/2004 2:52 PM Re: ithyphallic AnnaStrophic 02/03/2004 3:48 PM Re: priapismos jheem 02/04/2004 3:27 AM Re: priapismos of troy 02/04/2004 2:16 PM Re: feculence wwh 02/10/2004 2:43 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,422 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,238 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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