It's good to be different...

[quijote]

Pummel the poopster? What exactly IS a poofster, anyway?

In many other cultures, such as those of Spain and Portugal (and probably Brazil), people of all ages and backgrounds casually use words and phrases that, in North America, would scandalize many people. One of my favorites in Spanish is "de puta madre" (loosely rendered as, "whore-mother"). I still remember how, many years ago as a study-abroad student in Madrid, I was shocked that my landlady's son, when debating with her, would regularly say "coño" (slang for the female sex organ) to her face....

[This message has been edited by quijote (edited 09-01-2003).]