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CTyankee

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2. I am surprised to see it used also...
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:40 PM
May 2014

Last edited Sat May 17, 2014, 07:18 PM - Edit history (1)

its etymology notwithstanding, it is shocking to see it and read it. It needs to be abandoned.

I have a request [View all] BainsBane May 2014 OP
I agree with you BB. I haven't trashed but I cringe every time I come into the group. n/t seaglass May 2014 #1
I am surprised to see it used also... CTyankee May 2014 #2
Totally understand and respect your feelings. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #3
Thank you, TA. BainsBane May 2014 #6
and those two threads stand? why am I not surprised? niyad May 2014 #4
I don't alert on fellow HOF posters BainsBane May 2014 #5
I know you don't alert--but the fact that two people thought it was acceptable is niyad May 2014 #7
Agreed. BainsBane May 2014 #8
I'm with you. I suspect that at least one of those posters used the word so as to Squinch May 2014 #9
They could easily edit the titles BainsBane May 2014 #10
When I look at my reaction Squinch May 2014 #11
To me, one of the biggest problems with the word is that it is so grotesque... CTyankee May 2014 #12
....or "That cannot be what I just read" Squinch May 2014 #13
Okay, I'll grant that I'm an older woman theHandpuppet May 2014 #14
Yeah, me too. I'm pretty old myself and I don't like it. CTyankee May 2014 #15
+1. brer cat May 2014 #18
The word doesn't bother me ismnotwasm May 2014 #16
I know. the word, etymoligcally is not the problem. It's the common usage now. CTyankee May 2014 #17
Exactly ismnotwasm May 2014 #25
the medical term for a woman's external genitalia is "pudenda," meaning "shameful thing". CTyankee May 2014 #26
We use 'genital' ismnotwasm May 2014 #27
Great! Retire the term "pudenda" for all time! CTyankee May 2014 #28
I hear what you are saying, but I don't think that when discussing the word itself boston bean May 2014 #19
It's possible to do that BainsBane May 2014 #20
I'm going to disagree. Not that I don't understand. boston bean May 2014 #21
If HoF is going to turn into a excuse to BainsBane May 2014 #23
Really, that is what you think is happening here? boston bean May 2014 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #22
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