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Re: Scum would be the green stuff that collects... (3.00 / 2)

Apparently the use of 'scumbag' to mean 'used condom' dates from 1967 and the word didn't exist before. Scum is solid residue of a liquid. (source)

Long time no see, I'm glad we found a topic worthy of your interest.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 05:14:51 PM EST
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Re: Scum would be the green stuff that collects... (none / 0)

However, that still leaves the absurd leap from that connotation of the term to the proposed connotation.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 06:43:20 PM EST
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