So now we know that Barry didn't actually read the article he cited. No surprise there.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > Surely this is an April Fool prank. > > Surely you don't understand the nature of human beings > and the attachments and aversions they form to certain > words. Just mention one of the words they have an aversion > to in a sentence, and they tend to go batshit crazy. The > context doesn't matter...*nothing* matters except that > one of their aversion-words appeared before their eyes > or in their ears. > > Take for example the C-word. There are many here who > seem to have a *profound* aversion to that word. And > it's a perfectly good word, with a long history, even > though its common-usage meaning has shifted somewhat > in recent years. But just mention it in the context of > this discussion group, and some people overreact as if > *by* using it you've insulted them hideously, or have > attacked them personally. > > It all seems kinda silly to me, especially with regard > to the C-word. Heck, I'd bet that some here have such > an aversion to the word that they might even go a little > batshit crazy if I do nothing but quote its definition: > > Definition of CULT > 1 : formal religious veneration : worship > 2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents > 3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of > adherents > 4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its > promulgator <health cults> > 5a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film > or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual > fad > 5b : the object of such devotion > 5c : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion >
