From: zeborah@gmail.com   
      
   Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:10:01 +0100, Helen Hall   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > rec.arts.sf.misc:   
   >   
   > > In message   
   > > , David   
   > > Friedman  writes   
   >   
   > >> So it sounds like a meaning that has been swamped by a   
   > >> euphemism.   
   >   
   > > Very possibly. These things happen. It happened to   
   > > "intercourse". :)   
   >   
   > Although one sense in particular is now dominant to the   
   > point of being the default,  can still be used   
   > in a variety of senses.   
      
   Not if teenage boys are in the room. :-)   
      
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