"device" in Spam subject line

[Laurence Horn]

On Jul 2, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Not me.
>
> A technological advance from "instrument."
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> JL

Maybe they were pushing remotes.

LH
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> 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?
>>
>> Leaving aside the fact that I am NOT a guy, has anyone heard "device"
>> used in just this way?
>>
>> Barbara
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>> Barbara Need
>> Etna, NY
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