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To: epicure who wrote (46954)2/18/2000 12:30:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
I agree that the term is in the common parlance to indicate that a person was taken advantage of, or dominated, or bested in a contest, or similar. There's a whole vocabulary which is quite colorful, some of the terms which can be used in polite society include "kissing up," "sucking up," and "brown-nosing." The phrase which Ish used is ordinarily not used around women, in my experience, but I can't fault Ish for being egalitarian. Or maybe it's more common to speak like that around women in his milieu. I don't think I've ever read a sociological or anthropological text on the topic, but it's ripe for one.



To: epicure who wrote (46954)2/18/2000 12:45:00 PM
From: CharleyMike  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<but it had NOTHING to do with homosexuality, or
homophobia, it was merely a term to indicate being taken advantage of.>

That's what I was trying to 'splain when those of other sensibilities jumped in.


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