[Slightly less Off-topic] Re: Insults (was: PBS show)

[nelson@crynwr.com]

Derek Bell writes:
 > In message <Pine.3.89.9606140305.A10802-0100000@netcom19>, jonathon writes:
 > >	Note in passing that both "Baptist" and "Mormon" were 
 > >	originally terms of insult heaped on members of those
 > >	respective faiths.  
 > 
 > 	I think "Quaker" had a similar history..

Yes, as does "Queer".  But the "crypto-" prefix has an additional
meaning that may make its use somewhat problematic.  A "crypto-"
something can be a "fake-" or "hidden-" something.  So if it actually
became popular to be a geek, you'd have cool people becoming
crypto-geeks.

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