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From: Phyllis Gilmore <>
Subject: Re: CROWMER-FIENNES c. 1450
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:39:33 -0500
References: <BDEILJCPECNKFPKPCLKECEBKCGAA.p.sutton@ntlworld.com>, <3ab12f17_2@binarykiller.newsfeeds.com>, <AMes6.12$2d7.48@typhoon.nyu.edu>


In article <AMes6.12$>, Paul J Gans
<> wrote:

> I would like to remind readers of these newsgroups that "pogue"
> is a US Naval slang term for homosexual. It's usage as such
> goes back at least to the First World War.

Just as an interesting side note, a retired naval captain of my
acquaintance cannot recall ever even hearing the word in her 27 years in
the Navy. But then, unlike a certain person we could name, she is and
has always been an officer and a lady. Perhaps that makes all the
difference.

Phyllis

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