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#89354 12/12/02 04:32 PM
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Tsuwm's wwftd is "bathycolpian". I think it could mean "requiring a long colposcope. YCLIU.
Or I could tell you it is a medical optical endoscope for viewing the depths of the promised land.

If you are not easily offended, search for "hematocolpos". Don't say I didn't warn you.


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> If you are not easily offended, search for "hematocolpos". Don't say I didn't warn you.

Not really offensive, just a little gross to think about. Many medical conditions are.

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this leads to a puzzling aside: Greek has/had one word (anglicized as kolpos) which seems to have been used variously for bosom, vagina, and womb (generally, fold).


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Then there is the colposcope:
colposcope
n.
a magnifying instrument used in a medical examination of the vagina and cervix, esp. for detecting cancer
colposcopic adj.
col[pos[co[py 7k9l p9s4k! pc8
n.



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Maybe the genuine original meaning of that Greek word "kolpos" is: Any of those female parts by which men are alternately fascinated and terrified.


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...the depths fo the promised land.

It has been promised?


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wishful thinking...



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#89361 12/12/02 07:25 PM
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"...men are alternately fascinated and terrified."

I'm afraid to ask about this statement, yet still intrigued.


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Maybe the genuine original meaning of that Greek word "kolpos" is: Any of those female parts by which men are alternately fascinated and terrified

...and generally held kolpable?


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And warmly at that. [looking out the window and whistling-e]



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