I never knew that term before it was raised on this list... every day is a school day :)
On Tue, 16 Sept 2025 at 00:37, Evan Silberman <e...@jklol.net> wrote: > > This is all pretty silly but I'll note that the readme in > /usr/share/dict says that web2 contains the headwords of "Webster's > Second International Dictionary, all 234,936 words worth. The 1934 > copyright has lapsed." > > The word in question seemingly cannot be found there, which is arguably > a real reason to remove it. > > https://archive.org/details/webstersnewinter0000will/page/2042/mode/2up > > But of course we live in a less genteel age and rude words are now found > in many dictionaries. > > E > -- Kindest regards, Tom Smyth.
