Date:  Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:17:13 -0700

From:  ctlntt[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU

Subject: Re: offending idioms



On Wed, 19 Oct 1994 jakidd01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE][AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUACAD.MOREHEAD-ST.EDU wrote:



>    > Judy,

>

>        I cannot think of any idioms at this time but I think the "How

>    many Pollocks does it take..." jokes are extremely insensitive and

>    would be a good example to use in this type of lecture.

>

>    Hope I helped!

>

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 POLLOCK : ALSO POLLACK :A marine food fish, _Pollachius virens_,

 of northern Atlantic waters. [Scottish podlok.]

 POLLOCK, Jackson. 1912-1956. American artist; a leader of the

 abstract expressionist school.

 POLACK: 1. Obsolete. A native of Poland; a Pole. 2. Slang.

 A person of Polish descent or birth. An offensive term used

 derogatorily. [Polish Polak...]

 SPELLING: ... b. The art or study of orthography. . . .



 (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,

 New College Edition)