WOTY -- "upskirting"

[Joel S. Berson]

[Comment at bottom.  (No take-offs, please.]

At 3/6/2014 03:25 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:24 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Peeing Tom? Did this happen on pubic transportation?
> >
> > On 3/5/2014 7:53 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> >> Which the highest state court in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts
> >> Supreme Judicial Court -- the oldest continuously functioning
> >> appellate court in America -- has just ruled is not illegal.  The
> >> activity as well as the word should go viral.
> >>
> >> The decision is that "a state law intended to prohibit 'Peeping Tom'
> >> voyeurism of completely or partially undressed people did not apply
> >> to people who take pictures of people who are fully
> >> clothed."  (Boston Globe, on-line.)
> >>
> >> It's not clear to me whether the prosecutors blundered in choosing to
> >> bring charges under the "Peeing Tom" law when there might have been
> >> some other grounds.
>
>a truly wonderful typo.
>
>arnold

Arnold, you don't give Victor credit due for a delicious double
entendre (or is it triple?).  I believe Victor resides in the Boston
area, and probably knew the incident occurred on an MBTA trolley.

Joel

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org