1996-06-15 - [Slightly less Off-topic] Re: Insults (was: PBS show)
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From: nelson@crynwr.com
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-15 16:18:40 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 00:18:40 +0800
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From: nelson@crynwr.com
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 00:18:40 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: [Slightly less Off-topic] Re: Insults (was: PBS show)
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Derek Bell writes:
> In message <Pine.3.89.9606140305.A10802-0100000@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@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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- 1996-06-13 (Thu, 13 Jun 1996 19:51:43 +0800) - Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
- 1996-06-13 (Fri, 14 Jun 1996 06:51:28 +0800) - Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
- 1996-06-14 (Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:28:59 +0800) - Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
- 1996-06-15 (Sat, 15 Jun 1996 10:21:50 +0800) - [Off-topic] Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - Derek Bell <dbell@maths.tcd.ie>
- 1996-06-15 (Sun, 16 Jun 1996 00:18:40 +0800) - [Slightly less Off-topic] Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - nelson@crynwr.com
- 1996-06-14 (Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:30:35 +0800) - Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
- 1996-06-14 (Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:28:59 +0800) - Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
- 1996-06-13 (Fri, 14 Jun 1996 06:51:28 +0800) - Re: Insults (was: PBS show) - Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>