"One should doubtless keep an open mind...though open at both ends, like the food pipe, and have a capacity for excretion as well as intake." -- Northrop Frye, 'The Great Code'
Friday, April 10, 2009
Today's word: "pussy"
David Thompson picks up on a debate about the meaning of the word "pussy" which, in the comments, he says: "...I'd assumed ... (in the sense of timid, overly delicate, etc) was a corruption of “pusillanimous”.
Begin linguist-related doubles-entendres now...
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