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- From: bower@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Tyson Bower)
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- Subject: Re: Preliminary George Michael Song Titles
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- Date: 19 Aug 92 01:37:11 GMT
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- > "Too Nubile"
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- Too nubile? How can this be?
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- If my memory serves me right, I believe nubile is an adjective which
- means "of a marriageable age." Saying someone is too nubile is akin
- to refering to a woman as "slightly pregnant." Certainly a faux
- pas which should never be permitted in the realm of good prose.
-
- Perhaps our dear reader has simply seen the phrase "nubile young
- fuck-thing" too many times. True, that phrase has a nice ring to
- it, partially attributable to the use of the word "nubile", but I
- think his impression of what this word truly means is, er, umm....
- incorrect.
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-
-
- 8-) Just smile sweetly and you don't need a .sig. 8-)
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-