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Re: Historical Curiosity
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From:
Veesh Goldman
Date:
June 29, 2022 19:05
Subject:
Re: Historical Curiosity
Message ID:
CAO-W_8DFzzfBvzUdgyp8ORQXWPOtKO-d9uc0-gCFf5nUWs5Zsg@mail.gmail.com
It looks like "mansplain" has only existed since 2008 (acc to wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansplaining#:~:text=The%20term%20mansplaining%20was%20inspired,com%20on%2013%20April%202008.>),
and 'splain' seems to be dated to 1995.
Perl is prophetic, huh
On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 9:30 PM James E Keenan <jkeenan@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 6/29/22 13:48, Tomasz Konojacki wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:43:56 +0200
> > Ovid <curtis.poe@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I had forgotten about Perl's splain program until Phillipe Bruhat (BooK)
> >> reminded me about it.
> >>
> >> Typing "man splain" is kind of hilarious. I'm not asking for any change,
> >> but do we know if that was intentional?
> >>
> >> Curtis "Ovid" Poe
> >
> > https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/splain-splaining-meaning
>
> Nice! So it's not *just* Desi Arnaz.
>
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