Date:  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 11:46:10 -0800

From:  David Harnick-Shapiro <david[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JOHN-WHORFIN.ICS.UCI.EDU>

Subject: Re: Put Downs



Seemed a propos: a self-proclaimed canonical list of such putdowns

was recently posted to the rec.humor Usenet newsgroup. I won't give

the whole thing (I didn't read it, why should you want to? :-), but

here is the intro from his post:





: The following is posted monthly. I do not keep up with this newsgroup,

: so send me mail if you have contributions or corrections. Please send

: me only net changes you desire, not enormous dumps of largely redundant

: material to wade through. You can also (allegedly) ftp this and other

: lists from 128.2.95.103, which is a DOS system (use "dir" not "ls").

: Also check this URL: http://www.misty.com/laughweb.

:

: Email requests for copies of this file will be cheerfully ignored.

: If you are reading this, you have a copy in front of you...

:

:

:    CANONICAL LIST OF FULLDECKISMS

:

:

:    Maintained by Alan Silverstein, ajs[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]fc.hp.com

:    Last update: 941219

:    Total entries:  819

:

:    A compendium of insults and "not all there" comments from

:    various sources, beginning with rec.humor, April 1987.

:

:    Criteria: Humorousness; uniqueness of essence (minimize

:    redundancy); brevity; consistency; avoid gender bias, ethnic

:    slurs, and other really offensive material; keep in sorted

:    order with correct spelling and grammar.



(I'm rather taken with the name "fulldeckism".)



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