Re: gunzel?

[pierson@gone.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)]

At the risk of being pedantic (8)>>), but anyone using the word 'eytymology'
gets The Lot...

(Its posible the Maltese Falcon reference was an _insulting_ use of the
'gunsel' (sense 1, 'kept boy'), which went over the heads of Lots of People,
who not grasping the original meaning, applique'ed on one...)

Alternate term in the US is FRN: ''fine' Rail Nut'.

'foamite', per se, was, (is?) a water treatment product, for use in boiler
water to reduce foaming...

thanks
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