----- Original Message ----- From: "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:53 PM Subject: RE: Beware off-list conspiracies!
> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 03:50 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Beware off-list conspiracies! > > > > > > > > ----- 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. > > I have to disagree, Rob. I think using any term of that nature in a negative conotation to be offensive. > You mean that you wouldnt want to be my boyfriend? <G> xponent A Different Kind Of Flaming Maru rob <G>
