Sex ed and language

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:20:38AM -0400, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 1:01 AM -0400 5/25/10, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>>  A case of a teacher getting in trouble with the school for taking the
>> language out of its shell. The teacher ultimately wins the case against
>> the school. Some interesting comments from VC readers.
>>
>> http://bit.ly/bnubAC
>>
>> There is a link to the case glossary as well. Even for my sheltered life
>> it appears to be rather limited.
>>
> Limited perhaps--but "tricycle"?

Yes, that was the one item on the list I hadn't heard of.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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