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yborgyesterday at 5:29 PM2 repliesview on HN

This particular word for the oldest profession goes back to Old English. I am fairly sure it would outlive the building.


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skybrianyesterday at 6:02 PM

If the problem is when the joke lives on amusing undergrads long after you've tired of it, that just makes it worse.

Lioyesterday at 9:36 PM

Wait until they hear about what Magpie Lane in Oxford used to be called.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie_Lane,_Oxford