From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Thu May 18 2000 - 07:52:04 MDT
It appears as if <QueeneMUSE@aol.com> wrote:
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|In a message dated 5/18/2000 4:24:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
|martin@nodezero.org.uk writes:
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|> > is this a british slang? What is a thickie?
|>
|> Someone who is thick, obviously.
|
|Actually, since we were talking about cultural neutrality I suspected it was
|some sort of racial slur, like "primitive" or "barbarian"
I have seen the word "Densan" used in this manner, in Mensan ``ethnic'' jokes.
Algorithm: Take a random ethnically challenged joke, and replace all references
to the ethnic group with references to the imaginary Densan people.
``A cyborg, a genetic, and an upload go into a bar.
The bartender looks at them, and says:
"What is this, a joke or something?".''
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