Xref: utzoo misc.legal:5534 news.admin:3183 soc.women:12273 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!killer!dcs!wnp From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Newsgroups: misc.legal,news.admin,soc.women Subject: Re: A real sweetheart Message-ID: <155@dcs.UUCP> Date: 29 Jul 88 10:40:30 GMT References: <12624@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <11017@mcdchg.UUCP> Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas Lines: 15 In article <11017@mcdchg.UUCP> heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby) writes: >BTW, My copy of the "Oxford American Dictionary" defines the word "prig" >as: > prig (prig) n. a self-righteous person, one who > displays or demands exaggerated correctness, > especially in behavior. > >I wonder if this term might apply to anyone around here? ;-) The part about "demands exaggerated correctness" does apply; the part about "displays ...." obviously does not. The whole thing sounds very much like a one-way-street to me. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp@dcs.UUCP TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD