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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
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Subject: Re: origin of "crap"
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Date: Fri, 29-Nov-85 21:08:38 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 29 21:08:38 1985
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> As I recall, the term "crap" comes from the term "crapper" for the flush
> toilet. Seems the inventor was named Crapper (Sir John?).
> -- 
> 	billD	(..seismo!rochester!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen)

Someone once wrote a book called "Flushed With Pride", which claimed that the
inventor of the flush toilet was a man named "Thomas Crapper", and that the
word "crap" was derived from his name.  Although the book was a hoax, it was
believed by many, and some reference books still trace the origin of the
word to the fictitious Mr. Crapper.  Actually, in Middle English there was
a word "crappe" meaning "residual waste", and it's likely that the word "crap"
was derived from this.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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