cupping

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

> taboo avoidance


But not amongst the colored, because it's the word for the "rising" or lump
that appears on a head that has been gone upside with, e.g. a club, whether
accidentally or on purpose.


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