Phat [was Re: gay/ghey/ghay]

[Baker, John]

        "Pseudo-slang" was just a made-up term I used to refer to words like "fuck" that are frequently denigrated as slang but are not in fact slang.

John Baker


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In a message dated 6/1/2004 3:51:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
JMB at STRADLEY.COM writes:
pseudo-slang like "fuck,"
Is pseudo-slang itself slang?

Ike Royer