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To: Osage Orange; perfect_rovian_storm
Ebonic Etymology:

"Proper respect" devolved to "propers" which again decayed to "props".

Eventually I suppose we'll just start saying "P" and leave it to the listener to deduce from context whether we mean "proper respect" or "urine".

155 posted on 08/24/2009 7:31:50 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Keep your powder dry, and your iron hidden.)
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To: ExGeeEye

Thx....I learnt som’in today.


188 posted on 08/24/2009 7:53:22 PM PDT by Osage Orange (A community organizer cannot bitch when communities organize..... - Rush Limbaugh)
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