"playboy" [Was: article on the name "America"]

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> BE "player" in that nuance may owe something to "playing the field."

BE "player" has to do with "playing [someone of either sex] for a
fool." The constant rap/hiphop association of "player" with the use,
abuse, and misuse of women distorts history.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
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