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From: henry@GARP.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch)
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Subject: what is soc.motss?
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Date: 8 Feb 90 00:20:49 GMT
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it's a floor wax...

it's a dessert topping...

it's a usenet newsgroup...

only the last one is true.  motss stands for "members of the
same sex" ... a clever way (at the time) for saying "lesgay"
without actually saying "lesgay" ... unfortunately, most people
still don't know why it's called soc.motss.


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