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Subject:Re: Dirty words From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Aug 1994 07:26:57 -0700
D. Citron said:
> My favorite is RTFM. In the right context, the recipients of this
> expletive can figure it out with no help at all.
Don't be too sure! I used this once on Internet, and got e-mail from
my former M.A. program adviser asking me what it meant! I told him,
but I was very embarrassed.