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From: stewart@ihlpf.UUCP (R. J. Stewart)
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Subject: Re: origin of "crap"
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< I can't believe I'm getting in on this discussion >

> [speculation on the origin of "crap"]
>
> By the way, did you know that "Flushing toilets" are called thus because
> they were first produced and employed in Flushing?

Let's not start another round of false etymology!  "Flushing" is an
adjective, from the verb "to flush", meaning: to pour liquid over or
through; esp: to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of
liquid.

Flush comes from the Latin "fluere" - to flow, which also gives us the
words "fluid" and "flux".

Bob Stewart
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