yool_ooloo@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoliterature - what does this quote mean?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down15file-text
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“He had the handsomest wop kisser I ever saw” -Jean Genet “Thief’s Journal” p.185 What does wop kisser mean?
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoSounds like folk etymology. Like how “fuck” is supposedly an abbreviation for whatever-the-hell but it’s just… not.
Sounds like folk etymology. Like how “fuck” is supposedly an abbreviation for whatever-the-hell but it’s just… not.