The m-word

[Kate Daly]

As in the old nursery rhyme "One misty moisty morning"?

And btw - speaking as a woman, and a feminist from way back at that, the idea of "moist" being offensive sounds pretty silly to me. I think the original poster's student was making snowballs for other people to throw.
-Kate

At 12:44 PM 10/25/2007, William Salmon wrote:

>I have heard it used offensively with the diminutive suffix.
>
>WS

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