[thechat] English Language Terms

javier velasco lists at mantruc.com
Wed Oct 30 11:06:01 CST 2002


aardvark wrote:
>
> > From: javier velasco <lists at mantruc.com>
> >
> > ....but aren't all those extra meanings derived from the original
> > metaphor of calling a whore 'bitch'?
>
> probably, but isn't that originally derived from a female dog?

yes, that's why i put 'original metaphor' and not the 'original meaning
of the word' ;)



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