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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CS.UCHICAGO.EDU!SAMANT
  3. Return-Path: <samant@cs.uchicago.edu>
  4. Message-ID: <9301230244.AA11746@tartarus.uchicago.edu>
  5. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  6. Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:44:50 CST
  7. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  8. From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
  9. Subject: Re: Pulling my (deleted)
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  11.  
  12. >I would not be surprised if this becomes a legal precedent, and that we
  13. >see this euphemism <springing up> in future cases in place of the more
  14. >clinically correct term <Johnson>.
  15.  
  16. "Johnson" sounds dated. If it's a matter of filling the blank in "pulling
  17. a ..." nothing's better than "Clinton".
  18.  
  19. tushar
  20.