Date:  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:30:22 +0000
From:  Duane Campbell <dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EPIX.NET>
Subject: Re: Amelioration of 'suck' and other such

At 10:08 AM 7/23/97 -0500, you wrote:

>Someone remarked on the amelioration of 'getting shafted/screwed' and the
>like last week. Does anyone have a list of body-specific or sexual
>activity- specific words or expressions that have generalized or softened?

I write a weekly column on gardening, a cohort of readers not noted as a
particularly rowdy lot. I've used "screwed" several times without a whisper
of complaint from any editors or readers. (Though it is possible that some
editors changed it without my knowing.)


Duane Campbell dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]epix.net
http://www.epix.net/~dcamp/