Pontius "Pie Late"; prolific

[Charles Doyle]

Perhaps, then, "prolific" in this usage is a spooneristic or dyslexic or typographically-erroneous version of "profile" + adj. suffix??

--Charlie
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>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:03:50 -0400
>From: sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM>
>Subject: Re: Pontius "Pie Late"; prolific

>I'm wondering  if perhaps the law enforcement lexicon has a new term "profilic" to refer to some one who fits one of their likely-to-be-criminal profiles (which, of course, they don't use!).
>AM
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