Date:  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 08:14:46 -0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Tomboy & Sissy



tlc has said that the terms are common in prison lexicons. Is there

implied ironic humor in the terms? implied euphemism? They strike me as

delicate ways around words that seem more taboo.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu