----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:42 PM Subject: Re: Beware off-list conspiracies!
> At 10:00 23-07-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Jeroen was *your* boyfriend first. You don't know? :) > > I suddenly got this unpleasant feeling that someday, somewhere, somehow, > this suggestion of a homosexual relationship will come back to haunt me... > It occurs to me that using "boyfriend" as a euphemism for antagonist or flamewar opponent, might be a useful bit of list slang. The suggestion of a homosexual relationship or being tarred with the term might help keep the peace in an indirect way without being seriously insulting. xponent Are We Still Boyfriends? Maru rob
