"device" in Spam subject line

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not me.

A technological advance from "instrument."

JL

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Barbara Need <bhneed at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Barbara Need <bhneed at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      "device" in Spam subject line
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> I was cleaning out my spam folder and came across the following
> subject line:
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> Want to have long device like other guys?
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> Leaving aside the fact that I am NOT a guy, has anyone heard "device"
> used in just this way?
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> Barbara
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> Barbara Need
> Etna, NY
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