Terry wrote:

>> Quite true: Until someone explained that "merkin" was slang for
>> "American," the only definition I knew for that word was "pubic wig."
>
> Imagine how hard I had to bite my tongue when I learned that the new
> neighbor's last name is "Merkin."
>
>> Disconcerted me a bit, the way the word was being thrown around...
>
> I am soooo having a hard time keeping my trap shut (like they probably
> haven't heard this before).


Speaking of funny surnames, the definition of "tup" is "to copulate with a
ewe."

What's that say about the ancestry of Earl S. Tupper, inventor of
Tupperware?

Bob