disameliorative effect of euphemisms

[James Smith]

Maybe not for crap, but for crapper = toilet.

--- Gregory {Greg} Downing <gd2 at NYU.EDU> wrote:
> At 08:18 AM 2/28/2001 -0800, James D. SMITH wrote:
> >Consider inoffensive, eponymous Thomas Crapper.
> >
>
> This is an old Johnny Carson joke or something like
> that, not the actual
> etymology of "crap." See for example the
> etymological note for "crap" in HDAS.
>
>
> Greg Downing, at greg.downing at nyu.edu or gd2 at nyu.edu


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