OT: "shoot" = " have a (male) orgasm, 'come' " in 1772?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Jul 2 16:53:51 UTC 2010


At 7/2/2010 11:47 AM, Baker, John M. wrote:
>        I confess that the logic of this kind of censorship sometimes
>escapes me.

It was to avoid libel suits.  :-)

Joel

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