"purity ring"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Nice going, Charlie. I thought it was the opposite of a "porn ring."

  Back in my day, a "mood ring" was plenty. If the "jewel" turned black at your approach, you weren't supposed to ask them out.

  JL

Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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I was hoping a purity ring would be the opposite of a circle jerk.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 08:01:13 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter
>Subject: "purity ring"
>
>America's latest "idol," Jordin Sparks, says she wears a "purity ring" because "true love waits." Whatever. You can Google up a zillion exx., but the earliest on Usenet (other than a couple of marginally related senses) is from 1996.
>
> JL
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