Poop [was: True Blue]
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Wed Nov 15 02:06:23 UTC 2006
At 11/14/2006 08:47 PM, James Landau wrote:
>my response: Perhaps I should quote the entire paragraph:
> "And lastly, as for the TRrumpet of Disaffection, which he [the
> writer of the letter being responsed to] blows at the Poop of his
> Performance, I dare aver that no true Churchman willever dance to
> his Music, let him even distend his Buccinators till they burst, or
> break his Wind in the fruitless Effort. Peccet ad extremyum
> ridendus, et illia ducat"
Poop is pretty clear with your added context, as "wind" (both
senses). And "buccinators"! Cheek muscles, indeed. Lovely! They
had a flair for invective then.
Joel
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