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P. J. Alling
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Wed Oct 4 21:24:14 EST 2006
Same thing is true of Punk.
Paul Stenquist wrote:
>While "sodomize" has retained much of its original meaning, "sod" has
>been watered down over time. It originally meant a sodomizer and was
>also used as a derogatory term for homosexual. In modern parlance, it
>has come to mean chap or guy in some contexts and kid or brat in others.
>Paul
>On Oct 4, 2006, at 9:11 PM, David Savage wrote:
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>>At 02:06 AM 5/10/2006, John Francis wrote:
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>>>On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 11:52:20AM +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
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>>>>I don't know what the issue is other than prudishness.
>>>>
>>>>To bugger someone means to have anal intercourse with them. Seems to
>>>>be this parlance that is more British English than American English,
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>>>Quite. I'm often amused when a TV character with a British accent
>>>(such as Spike, in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") says "Bugger off",
>>>or the like - it appears to be a loophole in the great American
>>>puritanical broadcast TV vocabulary rules.
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>>>. . .
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>>>>I was curious so I looked up the word in the OED:
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>>>>bugger
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>>>>
>>> . . .
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>>>
>>>>penetrate the anus of (someone) during sexual intercourse; sodomize.
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>>>Note, too, the difference in meaning of "sodomize". In British
>>>English sodomy is pretty much synonomous with buggery; in American
>>>usage it means just about any variation on sexual activity apart
>>>from the most rudimentary forms. Oral sex, for example, is often
>>>described as sodomy (especially in American news reporting).
>>>
>>>
>>So calling someone a "miserable sod", for example, is the same as
>>calling
>>them a "miserable bugger".
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>>I hadn't given the word "sod" much thought until now.
>>
>>Dave
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