Rogeting

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 18, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> Somehow, with the illustration in the fore, so to speak, I can't help thinking that this is an error for "rogering".
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> P.S.  I'm surprised the cited article didn't say, as I infer, that plagiarism was the root.  No need to look for synonyms for "powerful personalized services" if you haven't already seen it written somewhere.
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> Joel

We'd be even more suspicious if this appeared as a new sequence of eschatological novels and/or movies focused on the adventures of the Antichrist-led remnant after The Rapture has transported all of the True Believers:  the Sinister Buttocks Series.

LH

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> At 8/18/2014 11:48 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> it's all the rage--don't be sinister buttocks!
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>> http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/sinister-buttocks-roget-would-blush-at-the-crafty-cheek/2015027.article
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>> (Courtesy of Sue Blackwell at the forensic linguistics list)
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>> LH
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