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<font size=3>At 10/25/2007 02:03 PM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I also am mystified by the
objection to this word--it's as if<br>
someone said that "table" was to be avoided--but must<br>
acknowledge that the feeling seem genuine.</blockquote><br>
As Charles Doyle wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">except for one male student's
eventual suggestion that the word reminds women of sexual
arousal</blockquote><br>
Female embarrassment about sexual arousal? (Although I surmise that
moistness would be considered by some females -- and males -- as an
advantage.) Perhaps more suited for study by a psychology email
list than ADS-L.<br><br>
Joel</font></body>
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