just heard

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Fri Aug 3 01:36:43 UTC 2012


On 8/2/2012 8:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>    DARE has _coffee grains_ ...meaning "buttocks."
> A joke, right?
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To be fair, I note that DARE marks this entry with a double-dagger
meaning the term is "of questionable genuineness".

-- Doug Wilson

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