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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "demi-pornographic" #133447 09/25/2004 6:06 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country You have to admire the marketing genius of Guess choosing Paris Hilton as their "demi-pornographic"*Guess Girl. "Demi-pornographic" gives "pornography" a whole new spin. "Semi-pornographic" is more "ho" than "haute", if you know what I mean? Anyone else know any other upmarket uses of the prefix "demi" ... defined thus [not as in "Demi Moore"]: "To some degree; part; partly: demigod." [A-H] * Read all about it on "Confessions of an Heirhead", or go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/business/25guess.html?adxnnl=1&8hpib=&adxnnlx=1096120942-jyNCxoX1Kcz98cw2If5tuw [A little cross-promotional threading never hurts. ] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/25/2004 6:06 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" plutarch 09/25/2004 6:26 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/25/2004 6:40 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" plutarch 09/25/2004 6:43 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/25/2004 6:48 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" plutarch 09/25/2004 6:51 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/25/2004 7:02 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" themgmt 09/25/2004 7:09 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" tang 09/25/2004 7:31 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" moss 09/25/2004 7:35 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" plutarch 09/25/2004 7:37 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/25/2004 7:39 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" tang 09/25/2004 7:41 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" themgmt 09/25/2004 8:21 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" wordminstrel 09/25/2004 9:15 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" themgmt 09/25/2004 9:17 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/25/2004 9:19 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" plutarch 09/25/2004 9:21 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" wordminstrel 09/25/2004 9:23 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" moss 09/25/2004 9:27 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" tang 09/25/2004 9:32 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" wordminstrel 09/25/2004 10:06 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" plutarch 09/25/2004 10:08 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" moss 09/25/2004 10:10 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" tang 09/25/2004 10:12 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/25/2004 10:17 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" wordminstrel 09/26/2004 7:10 AM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/26/2004 7:32 AM Re: "demi-pornographic" plutarch 09/26/2004 7:43 AM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/26/2004 7:57 AM Re: "demi-pornographic" TEd Remington 09/27/2004 2:34 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" Alex Williams 09/27/2004 7:23 PM Re: "demi-pornographic" grapho 09/28/2004 11:42 AM demi-retired grapho 09/30/2004 11:21 AM Re: demi-retired grapho 10/03/2004 12:39 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,378 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,204 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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