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Previously on "Sorry Jacko its in the Dictionary now"

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Apparently the word "clitoris" was a smutty slang word for it in ancient Rome, and in those days it was officially called the "landica"
    'cunnus' was the main vulgar word. Interestingly 'vagina' means sheath or scabbard.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Ticktock View Post
    A feminist comedian would say,
    "Those people on Twitter got it wrong. The word is clitoris. It was also in the dictionary already, it's just that none of the men could find it."
    Apparently the word "clitoris" was a smutty slang word for it in ancient Rome, and in those days it was officially called the "landica"

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  • Old Greg
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    It's needs those fine Scottish pronouns:

    Anyc***
    Somec***
    Everyc***
    Noc***

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    Mybe it was the first time the Daily Fail "Journos" dared to look without fear of getting caught
    They've all heard it from Paul Dacre so many times they assumed it was just some kind of animal grunt rather than an actual word

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Ticktock View Post
    A feminist comedian would say,
    "Those people on Twitter got it wrong. The word is clitoris. It was also in the dictionary already, it's just that none of the men could find it."
    excellent !!!!

    to the others it was the Wail!

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    The word-beginning-with-c has been in the OED for decades. People were posting photos of it in their old dictionaries on Twitter as soon as the Mail put this story up last night
    Mybe it was the first time the Daily Fail "Journos" dared to look without fear of getting caught

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  • Ticktock
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    The word-beginning-with-c has been in the OED for decades. People were posting photos of it in their old dictionaries on Twitter as soon as the Mail put this story up last night
    A feminist comedian would say,
    "Those people on Twitter got it wrong. The word is clitoris. It was also in the dictionary already, it's just that none of the men could find it."

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    "Old Etonian"?! So what about "Old Harrovian" or "Old Whykamist" or "Old Salopian" etc etc

    Surely it's enough to have an entry for "old" and another for "Etonian"
    The lunatics have taken over the asylum.

    'Hard-working families' will be in it next year.

    Hamlet's complete soliloquy under 'T' the year after.

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    The word-beginning-with-c has been in the OED for decades. People were posting photos of it in their old dictionaries on Twitter as soon as the Mail put this story up last night
    WHS. I double checked my Shorter Oxford and, yep, there it is.

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  • NickFitz
    replied
    The word-beginning-with-c has been in the OED for decades. People were posting photos of it in their old dictionaries on Twitter as soon as the Mail put this story up last night

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  • OwlHoot
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    "Old Etonian"?! So what about "Old Harrovian" or "Old Whykamist" or "Old Salopian" etc etc

    Surely it's enough to have an entry for "old" and another for "Etonian"

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  • vetran
    started a topic Sorry Jacko its in the Dictionary now

    Sorry Jacko its in the Dictionary now

    Latest round of words added to the Oxford Dictionary include one of the rudest in the English language | Mail Online

    Latest round of words added to the Oxford Dictionary includes one of the rudest in the English language
    Word - among most offensive in English language - added under 'c' section
    'Old Etonian', 'bathroom break', 'beat boxer', and 'scissor kick' also added
    Other words on the list include 'bookaholic,' 'e-ticket,' 'bestie', and 'honk'
    I Know Cojack will be disappointed.
    Last edited by vetran; 17 March 2014, 15:40.

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