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To: lee martell
I never heard of Basturma until today, when you introduced the topic. Thanks for that. I see it’s some sort of highly spiced, dry-cured meat

I thought it was an Italian swear word looking for a hand gesture.............

20 posted on 06/18/2017 4:44:15 PM PDT by varon (There's always room for one more on the hanging tree.....)
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To: varon

That usage may depend on how you say it, and what you communicate with your face and hands at that moment.
Many profane words are very flexible, can be a noun, verb or adjective.


75 posted on 06/18/2017 6:17:02 PM PDT by lee martell
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