Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 23:45:17 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] A letter to fandom
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 10:22 PM, mark whitroth at 5-cent.us [wsfa-forum]
<wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>

[swaths of electrons extinguished]

> Now, a number of you have heard my minor rant on how I dislike the word
> "geek", and that the real origin of it is carny slang, and referred to the
> usually retarded guy who made his living in the freak show, billed as The Wild
> Man of Borneo, or some such.

For me the use of "curated" as in "The bookstore has a well curated
mystery section" bugs the hell out of me.

Harrumph, phui, and all of that.

mjw