"purity ring"
Paul Johnson
paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM
Thu May 24 18:27:41 UTC 2007
When that "True Love Waits" champaign started several years ago, someone
in the "Spectator" referred to it as a virgin worshiping cult.
Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>America's latest "idol," Jordin Sparks, says she wears a "purity ring" because "true love waits." Whatever. You can Google up a zillion exx., but the earliest on Usenet (other than a couple of marginally related senses) is from 1996.
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