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From: Roger Hill <>
Subject: George
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 05:20:19 -0600
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When Turing was under suspicion, his fudge to the copper
was that he had been talking to 'George', who, in a vague
sort of way, might support his statements or vouch for his
whereabouts.

(Alan Turing (1912-54): cryptographer, WW2; theoretician of
artificial intelligence, early version thereof; committed suicide
while being prosecuted for homosexuality.)

Greenslang: 'George', RAF jargon -- a familiar form of address to
any stranger.

(Heard among aircrew, as all pilots relaxed in the passenger section:
"Who's front?"
"Just George."
-- in this context, George was the automatic pilot in an old DC-4.)

Greenslang has many entries for 'george', a couple of them sexual,
but hetero- not homo-; e.g., 'George called' = 'menstruation'.

Greenslapper = promiscuous woman; whore.

Roger
----
harshawardhan nimkhedkar wrote:
>
> Somebody asked, "What is the word for a male slapper?"
> Here is an update from the same source, but it sounds facetious.
>
> "Kerry,
> That would be George Michael, wouldn't it?
> But I don't know the word for him, sorry.
> --- Charles "
>
> Now, who on earth is this George?
>
> Harshawardhan. march 8, 2001
>
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