[Ads-l] Facebookery: _huzzies_ "hussies"

[paul johnson]

ARE THEY RANKED? Where would Trollop be? 1) BH. 2) Floozy or 2) Trollop 
then floozy?

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On 12/21/2018 1:00 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>> On Dec 21, 2018, at 10:20 AM, paul johnson <paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM> wrote:
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>> I always thought :Hussy: had a sort of classical ring to it. Once had a semi drunk bar customer call me over "Paul, meet my Floozie!" But never heard 'hussy' in the wild.
> by US law (enacted in 1950), the word "hussy" is not permitted in public unless accompanied by "brazen".  the law is silent on the /s/ vs. /z/ matter.
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> arnold the collocator
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