[extropy-chat] Flagrant self-promotion

[Keith Henson]

At 12:33 AM 11/21/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>At 12:51 AM 11/21/2006 -0500, PJ wrote:
>
> >Sadly, in the US, they'd never let us use the American equivalent
> >for a book title...  more's the pity...  ;-)
>
>Indeed, but then what do you reckon the Yank equivalent *is*? "Root"
>isn't quite as brutal as "fuck" but it's more earthy than "screw" and
>a great deal more direct than "with benefits" (unless that's already
>vanished...).

It's not unknown in the US.  See the last page here:

http://www.rickubik.com/WonderWartHog.html

Keith Henson