[Ads-l] ejaculatory "pop"

[Joel Berson]

Well, Arnold -- Larry?  Jon? -- what's your evaluation of the 1722 "pop"?  Was the humorist and satirist Nathaniel Gardner innuendoing [innuendo, v., sense 3] ejaculation?

Joel


      From: Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 6:09 PM
 Subject: [ADS-L] ejaculatory "pop"
   
citing ADS-L, on my blog:

https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/03/11/ejaculatory-pop/

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