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   moviePig to The True Melissa   
   Re: "We Do Not Have a Definition for the   
   16 Jan 26 12:48:50   
   
   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 1/16/2026 6:30 AM, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > Verily, in article <10kcenu$1b8jc$2@dont-email.me>, did   
   > nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:   
   >>> An adult female member of the species Homo sapiens sapiens, characterized   
   by   
   >>> double X chromosomes and a physiology purposed toward bearing young.   
   >>   
   >> Well, your reference to 'female' already begs the question.   
   >>   
   >   
   > He already embedded a definition of "female": "characterized by   
   > double X chromosomes and a physiology purposed toward bearing young."   
      
   I took those to be litmus tests at best, not a definition.  E.g., is the   
   double-X chromosome threshold airtight?   
      
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