The word spelunker doesn't make this post cave or caver related. Besides, most of the examples for usage don't really relate to the term and are pretty lame. I "are" still a spelunker in the traditional term. Fritz
-----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Texascavers] spelunker related The term "spelunker" has been used for years as sort of a metaphor to describe being deeply involved in something or to dig deep into something. But there is a new meaning to the word. There is a growing trend to use the word "spelunker" as a sexual term to describe a person who participates in an illicit tryst. Here is an example using the scandal of the former Governor Spitzer and his hooker: The article reads: "Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis .... will finally be able to release video footage of the Eliot Spitzer spelunker Ashley Dupré at Spring Break. The provocative footage of the former Gov.'s call girl ...." Here is further proof of this trend, the Urban Dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spelunker And here is an even more disturbing example: http://www.georgeclark.com/spel/spel1.html And another web-site proclaimed: "all that guy has to do is bring a friendly girl spelunker down there with him, and we could have the complete sexual geography of New York. " Another new use of the term spelunker, is to describe the type of french kiss that a person is prone to perform such as: "the lizard, the washing machine, the cannibal, and the spelunker." Which I can only presume means a person that prefers to go deep with the tongue. The term spelunker has been used in the gay community or by people referring to the act of sodomy, as in "a&# spelunker." I have no idea how long this word evolution has been going on, or how it started. Word evolution is a strange phenomenon. On a semi-related note, I searched several thesaurus' and could not find the word spelunker or caver referring to one another. ( But that is probably old news ). However, the participle "spelunking" and "caving" were found together. ( One site claimed a spelunker studys caves and and a caver explorers caves for sport ). I guess the moral to the story, is that if you use the word spelunker to describe your caving activities, then you need to be careful how you phase it. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
