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ggm • today at 2:30 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

I'm reminded of Professor Hermione Lee of the University of York English department facing a stuttering student explaining the contextual meaning of the word "quaint" in middle English poetry:

  Spit it out man! It means CUNT.
Can we stop with this "poop" nonsense. Number #2 and other forms, it's shit English, it's stupid. It's feces. Or shit. Or that fine old English word Turd.

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globular-toast • today at 5:39 AM

I also really hate the word "poop". Its use as a noun and a verb here is particularly irritating. It just seems so childish.