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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica?

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To: Zoltan! who wrote (9291)3/2/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: jhild  Read Replies (3) of 20981
 
Main Entry: 1maúroon
Pronunciation: m&-'rn
Function: noun
Etymology: French maron, marron, modification of American Spanishanish cimarr¢n, from cimarr¢n wild, savage
Date: 1666
1 capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such
a slave
2 : a person who is marooned


I guess I don't share your humor in that regard. Euphemism for moron I just don't see in the definition. This must be your invention. It would seem generally that the pejorative way that you have used it would entail an ethnic slur with regard to West Indies slaves.

I can accept your criticism of me as a moron, because I have come to understand that your arguing style is to launch into ad hominem epithets when your arguments fail you.
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