"moist"

[Ron Butters]

I don't think there is a connection between new prisoners and "moist," nor would the prison use seem to be nearly so pejorative.

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From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Monday, November 7, 2011 2:01:16 AM GMT-0500
Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "moist"

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> Pejoratively, women are "fish"

As are newcomers to prison, whether male or female. as more likely to
become victims victims of intrasexual prison rape than
more-experienced inmates.

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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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