I don't know, but I am guessing Heather O. doesn't know what "prick" means. Kind of like when people say "schmuck" and "putz", not knowing the etymology. Then again, maybe she is a little less straight-laced than all that. Just wait until the kids find out though, they never let you live that kind of thing down and will be running around the neighborhood calling everyone a "prick".
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I never knew that about schmuck, putz, or dork. The things you learn on LDS blogs!
Actually, I think she does know what it means. The term as applied to a person can mean both what you think it means and what she thinks it means. From Dictionary.com:
Prick:
Vulgar Slang. A penis.
Vulgar Slang. A person regarded as highly unpleasant, especially a male.
~Artemis
Okay, I should've checked all your links first. The real problem is that you can't focus solely on etymology to determine the absolute appropriateness of a word. By your reasoning, 'virtue' would be a bad word because, if you go back far enough, it refers to the quality (or virtue) of having a penis.
Not that it's an especially nice word to use, regardless of contextual meaning. Ah well.
~Artemis
On come-on guys, dork for putz is an archaic use. But this reminds me of an ancient question: which is worse, a dorkish geek or a geekish dork?
I think we all qualify as both, so we can leave that unanswered.
After all, to kick against the pricks ...
I know what it means. Not a pleasant word, I admit, but I thought it added the appropriate effect of the message I was trying to convey.
And I'm defending myself to you, a person using the word "snark" as an indentfying term,um,why?
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