The m-word
Doug Harris
cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET
Thu Oct 25 17:36:12 UTC 2007
And what, one may wonder, were you _doing_ in a 'moistie" context, anyway?
;)
(the other) doug
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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