[X-treme Zealotry]

Re: 15 words stolen by the SLANGSTERS that we are TAKING BACK!

Did you know I have seen articles and discussion of atheists and pagans accusing us, Christians, of changing the definitions of words to suit our purposes?

It's utterly laughable! The historic record shows that all of these words, and others, were used in their proper sense in the past, and didn't gain their perverted, twisted meanings until recently.

Guess the liberals didn't do a good enough job of rewriting the history books!

[Fundie123]

Re: 15 words stolen by the SLANGSTERS that we are TAKING BACK!

I will be flapping for joy when these words are used properly once again

[Fundie123]

Re: 15 words stolen by the SLANGSTERS that we are TAKING BACK!

I mean fapping

[Brother Temperance]

Re: 15 words stolen by the SLANGSTERS that we are TAKING BACK!

Praise!
John 12:1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.



As we all know, Bethany would have been part of the Roman Empire at the time, and so we can assume that the act of anointing each other's feet with ointment (even if it was an ointment less costly than spikenard) was a common bathing practice in Roman times. A few years ago, I was part of a Church group that would re-enact scenes from the Bible, and so when were looking to put on a performance based on John 12, we advertised around for a modest young lady who would be willing to perform a Roman bathing practice - I think we called it a "Roman shower" as shorthand. Boy, did that ever go wrong.

[Lost Sheep McUinnean]

Re: 15 words stolen by the SLANGSTERS that we are TAKING BACK!

Stolen Word: SCRUBBER:

What it really means: A woman who cleans floors for a living, working hard in Christian fashion, scrubbing them clean. An asset to any household.

Perverted usage:
A young woman of ill-repute whose parted legs are constantly in the company of men. Considered by some to be the junior version of the *****
her dress code is risqué and her mannerisms are ungracefully common. As a result of her ‘laid back’ lifestyle she very rarely is able to hold down a full-time job and relies on government pay outs and funding from then-boyfriends to survive. This financial hardship means she is forced to cut back on luxuries such as soap, although she still manages to afford the ‘necessities’ of booze and cigarettes. On occasion when she does hold down a full-time job she will rarely curb her natural habits and is likely to be very famous among her co-workers for being a ******

"Scrubber" is probably of British origin, used as a detrogatory term to describe scullery maids or other low-ranking women in domestic service. These were often young women viewed by higher-ranking people as licentious and dirty (particularly their hands). Due to the lack of occupations for women in the 19th and early 20th century women usually were forced to work in service or as prostitutes, and many had dealings with both. The actual term "scrubber" may refer either to her occupation of scouring floors, or to the actual implement used to clean the floor - the scrubbing brush.
My husband has been having an affair with his scrubber secretary.

You're a right scrubber!

Look at that girl at the end of the bar; she's a scrubber.

Well, I'm sorry (not!) slangsters, but I shall be repromotingly unperverting this noble word from now on, in honour of my faithful loving, hard-working scrubber of a wife.