[Slightly less Off-topic] Re: Insults (was: PBS show)
nelson at crynwr.com
nelson at crynwr.com
Sat Jun 15 09:18:40 PDT 1996
Derek Bell writes:
> In message <Pine.3.89.9606140305.A10802-0100000 at netcom19>, jonathon writes:
> > Note in passing that both "Baptist" and "Mormon" were
> > originally terms of insult heaped on members of those
> > respective faiths.
>
> I think "Quaker" had a similar history..
Yes, as does "Queer". But the "crypto-" prefix has an additional
meaning that may make its use somewhat problematic. A "crypto-"
something can be a "fake-" or "hidden-" something. So if it actually
became popular to be a geek, you'd have cool people becoming
crypto-geeks.
-russ <nelson at crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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