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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: archaic and alternate uses of words #69715 05/14/2002 4:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory In reply to: 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. No doubt when the girl's father read that he ejaculated "Good lord!" ejaculate: to utter suddenly and vehemently Copy Link to Clipboard Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted archaic and alternate uses of words Alex Williams 05/12/2002 7:10 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words of troy 05/12/2002 7:32 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/12/2002 8:30 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/14/2002 12:06 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/14/2002 12:50 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words Alex Williams 05/14/2002 4:19 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words Capital Kiwi 05/15/2002 6:42 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/15/2002 7:16 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/15/2002 7:18 PM . Max Quordlepleen 05/15/2002 11:38 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/16/2002 12:27 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/16/2002 12:36 AM . Max Quordlepleen 05/12/2002 9:14 PM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words Alex Williams 05/13/2002 1:07 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words wwh 05/13/2002 1:18 AM Re: archaic and alternate uses of words AphonicRants 05/16/2002 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

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