[Ads-l] More on Kavanaugh yearbook

[victor steinbok]

A couple of editors got involved in "sleuthing" of some of the phrases
found in the yearbook, particularly "boofing" and "Devil's Triangle". One
makes a bit more sense than the other. (Links below)

Apparently, several grads have claimed that the "drinking game" was
specifically invented at Georgetown Prep - "invented" being a rather loose
term, as it was simply an adaptation of another game. It seems a bit
suspicious but a lot more believable than other claims regarding the
yearbook entries.

Not so for "boofing". Even ignoring the fact that it's a National Review
editor trying to exonerate a conservative nominee (typical behavior, as it
turns out), the support for the claim that "boofing" is "farting" is
extremely weak. Credit is given to an LATimes editor who said that he heard
the term used that way at *Georgetown Prep* in the 1990s. Aside from the
convenience of both terms amounting to private jargon at a small school,
there's the issue of timeline - the use of "boof" for farting is already
attested in the 1990s but not in the 80s. So it seems more likely to be
temporally constrained rather than location constrained. The biggest joke,
though, is the suggestion in the last graf of the "sleuthing" post - that
students at an all-male Catholic prep school would have puritan attitudes
toward sex - or, worse, toward sexually suggestive slang.

VS-)

Devil’s Triangle: The Drinking Game
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kavanaugh-hearings-devils-triangle-drinking-game/

Sleuthing on Boofing
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/brett-kavanaugh-meaning-of-boof/

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