change from the bottom up

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:27 AM -0400 4/26/07, James Harbeck wrote:
>I remember reading that Bo Diddley's song "Bo Diddley" was originally
>called "Dirty Motherfucker." (Bo Diddley is itself a name for a bad
>boy... Wilson, I expect you can confirm? I believe it's southern
>AAVE.)
>
>Yesterday, incidentally, my wife asked me, while we were in
>conversation with her mother, aunt and uncle, what MILF meant. I had
>a giggling fit.
>
That's...um...a Mature Individual who Likes Flowers, no?

LH

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