The m-word

William Salmon william.salmon at YALE.EDU
Thu Oct 25 17:17:40 UTC 2007


Sorry. That should be that I have heard it used offensively with "a"
diminutive suffix. And the suffix in question is -ie/-y.

> "moistine"?  "moistet"?  "moistkin"?
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> I have heard it used offensively with the diminutive suffix.
>>
>> WS

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