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    Although this is not an invented word.... I have an anecdote that is reminiscent of one...

    Back in the late 1980's the University of Detroit and Mercy College planned a merging of the 2 institutions. I was going to school there [[Mercy) at the time to finish my Bachelor's degree.

    One of my professors there [[Dr. Daniel Shoemaker) attended a meeting he had with the Sisters of Mercy and the Jesuits who ran the 2 schools. They were trying to decide what new name to give the combined institution.

    One of the nuns came up with the name "Catholic University of Michigan". Dr. Shoemaker, always one with a dry wit, leaned over and whispered something into the ear of the nun, who's face then turned beet red.... and the nun then promptly said that that was not a good choice. [[Eventually they settled on "University of Detroit Mercy".)

    What did the professor whisper into the nun's ear? What the acronym for her suggested school name means in slang....
    Last edited by Gistok; July-01-09 at 02:40 PM.

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