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From: djdaneh@pacbell.com (Dan'l DanehyOakes)
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Subject: Request for Etymology
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Date: 1 Apr 91 17:43:20 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 261, Message 9 of 10

I may have asked this before, but if so nobody answered (or I didn't
receive the answer) ...

What "slamming" is is pretty evident from context -- but why is it
called that?


D