Morning Glory Road renamed due to sexual connotation (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Mon Jan 7 16:03:01 UTC 2013


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If you go camping on Morning Glory Road, you most certainly are not
allowed to "pitch a tent".

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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Wilson Gray
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 10:05 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Morning Glory Road renamed due to sexual connotation
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> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Dennis McClendon
> <dennismcclendon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Morning Glory is a relatively recent coinage (I think) for an
> erection on waking.
>
> It's certainly a new one on me!
>
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> -Wilson Gtay
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