'mo = homo

[Ed Keer]

Sorry, that was for [ho]mo, not mo[mentum].

Ed

--- Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> At 6:29 AM -0800 3/9/04, Ed Keer wrote:
> >I remember using 'mo at least in the early 90s. But
> it
> >was always used in the phrase 'big 'mo.' This was
> in
> >Philly, NJ, and NYC.
> >
> >Ed
>
> Is that for [ho]mo, or mo[mentum]?  The latter has
> certainly been
> around in a sports context for a while.  (I'm
> assuming, given the
> region, that it wasn't being used to designate "The
> Big Mo[rmon]",
> presumably Sean Bradley of BYU fame.)
>
> larry horn
>
> >
> >--- David Bowie <db.list at PMPKN.NET> wrote:
> >>  From:    Dave Wilton <dave at WILTON.NET>
> >>
> >>  : I recall 'rents (and 'za) from my American
> >>  undergraduate days a few
> >>  : years earlier (1981-85). There was no
> association
> >>  with gay subculture. I
> >>  : recall 'mo as a insult from my high school
> days.
> >>  It was not as common
> >>  : as 'rents was a few years later.
> >>
> >>  I don't recall 'mo as an undergrad (late
> 80s/early
> >>  90s, MD and western PA),
> >>  but I heard but didn't use 'rents.
> >>
> >>  When I was at Brigham Young U (1999-2003), Mo
> was
> >>  occasionally used by the
> >>  students (in a sort of in-group, joking way) as
> >>  short for "Mormon" (the
> >>  student body there is about 98.6% Mormon,
> according
> >>  to the shool's website).
> >>  I always thought this was a fascinating
> clipping,
> >>  since (like 'za) it's
> >>  based entirely on orthography, not
> pronunciation.
> >>
> >>  David Bowie
> >>  http://pmpkn.net/lx
> >>      Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is
> no
> >>  chocolate in the
> >>      house, there is too little; some must be
> >>  purchased. If there is
> >>      chocolate in the house, there is too much;
> it
> >>  must be consumed.
> >
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