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Date: | Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:04:29 -0500 |
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Dear Ferret Folks-
It occurs to me that in anthroplologic terms we represent a distinct
sub-culture.(I took anthropology in college. Anthropologists get to wear
Birkenstocks to work, and collect shrunken heads and other cool stuff. )
Like any and all sub-cultures, we use our own highly idiomatic jargon
when posting to each other, a specialized language. We must have some
pretty bizarre conversations by non ferret slave standards. We talk
about 'dooking', 'carpet-sharks', 'speed-bumps' and 'woozlekisses'.
'Fuzzbutts', 'hammies', and 'fur-snakes'. Makes sense to us, completely
baffling to the rest of the world.
Could I perhaps have some help compiling a list of these terms? There
must be some wanna-be etymologists out there in weasledom...(etymologist:
a word freak, generally a variety of brainy nerd physically abused in
school. Good at Scrabble.) I think that we deserve our own dictionary,
don't you? I love words.
Hey! I just got a woozlekiss from the fuzzbutt my husband dumped on my
shoulder! (Under the Taliban, you could be arrested just for SAYING that
out loud.)
Sincerely,
Alexandra (From the Gk. 'Iskander', a helper of men)
in Massachusetts
[Posted in FML issue 3702]
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