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<P>Seems "play touch" is like petting, making out, etc. As we used to say, "all show and no go." Kissing is touching and so is hugging. what?</P>
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<P><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 5/13/08, Wilson Gray <I><hwgray@GMAIL.COM></I></B> wrote:<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Wilson Gray <hwgray@GMAIL.COM><BR>Subject: Heard on The Judges: "play-touch"<BR>To: ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<BR>Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 4:12 PM<BR><BR><PRE>---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
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Subject: Heard on The Judges: "play-touch"
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Mid-twentyi-ish, white, female defendant:
"I didn't cheat on him, your honor. We [the other man and I]
didn't
have sex, we didn't hug, we didn't kiss, we didn't do anything! We
just _play-touched_."
If "play-touch" means "fondle (each other)," as it appears
to, it's
hard to imagine that there was no hugging and kissing involved. The
show's commentator was also struck by this locution, making a point of
quoting it.
-Wilson
--
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint
to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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