"moist"

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Nov 4, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
> Does anyone else know a member of the fair sex who feels that "moist"
> is obscene? If not for that scene in the cartoon, I'd be unpersuaded
> that anyone at all truly felt that way.

the Lloggers have posted several times on this belief, and i have a huge collection of mail from women who object in the strongest possible terms to *any* use of the word.  i'm not defending this feeling, just reporting it.

arnold

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