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To: chajin

See What those Romans caused with their architectural designs!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornication

In Latin, the term fornix means arch or vault. In Ancient Rome, prostitutes waited for their customers out of the rain under vaulted ceilings, and fornix became a euphemism for brothels, and the Latin verb fornicare referred to a man visiting a brothel.

From which we get “porn”.


15 posted on 10/30/2019 2:16:37 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

The word “lobbyist” has a similar origin, only we’re the ones getting screwed, not the politicians.


16 posted on 10/30/2019 2:39:59 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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