Can you say "Mesopotamia"?
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Nov 20 02:42:53 UTC 2012
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cf. "moist."
I *still* don't get it, even though the meme is so well-known that
Lois Griffin, wife of Peter, "The Family Guy," has a _MOIST_ jar on
the shelf alongside her other bad-word jars.
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