fapp and phallologocentrism

Christopher Philippo toff at MAC.COM
Fri Sep 12 01:06:17 UTC 2014


On Sep 11, 2014, at 8:57 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Appearance in Urban Dictionary indicates a minimum guaranteed
> prevalence for slang terms, i.e., frequency of use: at least once.

That seems overoptimistic, unless by “at least once” you mean one person inventing it solely for UD and then nobody, not even the author, ever using it.

CKP
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