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Thread #22395   Message #515588
Posted By: Amos
26-Jul-01 - 11:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: ?Possum College
Subject: RE: BS: ?Possum College
Well, for that matter, when did people start refusing to call **that** by a direct name? Victorian prurience?

How come no-one forced the screenwriters to rename 'Pussy Galore" in the Goldfinger flick? We better watch out what people come up with in slang from now on, in case they establish unwanted links to words we need. "Index", "vacuum", "lagbolt", "pilothole", "Philips head", "detour", "mother board", "CPU", and "cockpit" come to mind.

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