[Ads-l] TV dialogue
Chris Waigl
chris at LASCRIBE.NET
Fri Mar 9 08:34:03 UTC 2018
And thus we end International Women's Day with a serving of linguistic
rape culture. Bon appétit.
On 3/8/18 8:45 PM, W Brewer wrote:
> > > a. I'm going to invest $100,000.
>>> b. Wow!
>>> a. This place has a lot of potential. I intend to tap that!
> Could be two pimps discussing investing in a high-class hooker at a
> brothel. "I'm gonna tap [into] that [ho]!" (consolidating financial &
> physical connotations in a truly brilliant pun.)
>
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