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Working Title: Split Have a Gay Old Time?: From YKTTW

Micah: Removed:

• Just try group-reading Othello in a high school English class, and wait for someone to come across a "What, ho!". This, obviously, meant "hello" back in Shakespeare's day...no longer.
  • This is particularly entertaining since most of the "What, ho!"s are directed at male characters.

This is Have a Gay Old Time (and is more-or-less mentioned on that page already, though Othello isn't specifically brought up).

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Wascally Wabbit: A question for the language buffs: Are we sure that the infinite Shakespearean euphemisms are ones that were in popular use, as opposed to having the double meaning because Shakespeare coined it?

Mr Etaoin Shrdlu: *kasplodey*

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Etherjammer: Removed:

• The word "Bonk" is well on its way to this due to Memetic Mutation. Far fewer people use it to mean sexual intercourse anymore, ever since Team Fortress 2 became popular.
  • The Scout also sometimes substitutes "boink" for bonk, which is even more of a well known euphemism for sex than bonk.