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Now that we are all acutely aware of the obsolete meaning, are any of us less likely to use "I don't give a fig" in the future?
About as likely, I, as to have used it in the past...or maybe a smidge more.
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And here I sit trying to ideate a cross between a mint plant and a fig tree. I guess you could say it's an imagination of my fig mint.
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a mint plant
One of the etymologies proposed for the Latin mentula 'penis' is the diminutive of minta 'mint'. Another derives it from mentum 'chin' and relates it to mons 'mountain'.
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imagination of my fig mintA fig mint can't have any imagination, TEdRem. Still, it's a damn good pun. A "fig mint" is appetizing to my imagination, but it is not something I would want to eat. 
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Thus making a molehill out of a mountain.
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Thus making a molehill out of a mountain.For once I agree with you, Faldage. [Just kiddin'. ]
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"mentula" to me suggested "little mind"I think that's what Faldage has in mind, wwh. I hope you won't look for a double entendre ... 'cause I'm trying to play it straight.
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Bill, you must be careful of the quality of these insults. For example, Impudens es leno means literally "I pimp, you are shameless." Leno 'to pimp, pander' is a verb and not a noun. Nouns for pimp are: lenullus (related to leno) and perductor. Lector caveat!
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you must be careful of the quality of these insultsI wish others took as much care with the quality of their insults as I take with the quality of mine. There is nothing wrong with the quality of your insults, jheem, but one can make a fault out of perfection, you know.
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