"Cock"

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Fri Feb 11 13:51:27 UTC 2011


On 2/11/11 12:04 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date:    Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:33:00 -0500
> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: "Cock"
>
> Not to encourage you two, but CNN described self-disgraced Rep. Christopher
> Lee (who sent a "flirty" picture of his shirtless self to some woman at
> Craig's List), as a once "up and rising" young Republican.

Just seems like a blend of "up and coming" with "rising (star?)" . . .

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