Half a pair of buttoxes

[Dennis R. Preston]

Why go for them French guys when there are good examples in AmerEng?
If you are as old as me Or close to it), you will remember the
politically incorrect "Little Moron" jokes. One went like this:

Q: Why did the Little Moron saw his toilet seat in two?

A: 'Cause he heard his half-assed relatives were coming to town.

Sigh! Our lost humor.

dInIs


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>Why, yes.  Did you think my proscriptivist decrees arbitrary?
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>Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>Like that character in _Candide_.
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>--Charlie
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>>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:46:15 -0800
>>From: Jonathan Lighter
>>Subject: Re: crunk
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>>  And Grant, won't you help us protect the precision of our English
>>language by restricting the use of "half-assed" to describe persons
>>having but one buttox?
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>>  JL
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
15C Morrill Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
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