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[Katharine The Grate]

What I meant was the "place in society" part.   I don't think there were a
lot of tee shirts being sold with the word 'suck' on them before that.

K


>
> Oh no, I don't think Maggie had anything to do with it. I learned the
> word in the early 70s in eastern MA and I asked my mother what it
> meant (and why it was a word I shouldn't use!). She certainly
> mentioned the sexual connotation as part of her explanation.
>
> Barbara
>
> Barbara Need
>
> On 27 Mar 2008, at 14:14, Katharine The Grate wrote:
>
>> I think it was little Maggie Simpson and her pacifier that helped
>> the word
>> find a place in society.
>>
>> Katharine
>>

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