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Subject: Re: I don't understand English slang

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 13:18:06 03/24/01

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On March 24, 2001 at 15:49:31, James T. Walker wrote:

>On March 24, 2001 at 12:53:10, Jay Rinde wrote:
>
>>dickhead  noun [C] TABOO SLANG
>>  a stupid person
>>  You dickhead - you've dented the back of my car!
>>                                                  ( Cambridge International
>>Dictionary of English )
>>
>>I looked it up in a Large American Dictionary, and the worst definition I got
>>was a foolish person.  I don't understand what all the ccc people are gagging
>>about.  A dickhead can be a stupid or a foolish person.  It might not be good to
>>call some one foolish or stupid, but I've been called worse on ccc and no one
>>objected.
>
>Something that means about the same thing but is more widely acceptable is
>"Bonehead".
>Jim



Don't count on me to use this one. I much prefer th other one. :)



    Christophe



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