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Tweak says, "Humbug!"

Sherlock Holmes (sh_rl_ck_d) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-01-08 22:10:00

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Can whoever is harassing my cow please stop.

It's winter, there's not a lot of grass. She's not happy.

Please cease your pestering. Please.

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sh_rl_ck_d
2013-01-09 12:51 am UTC (link)

I couldn't really find the energy to put in to debating whether or not it was a British thing (/European/slightly North African?) to use the term 'molest' to solely mean the second definition. We don't use it to mean anything other than to imply unwanted sexual actions.

So whilst the dictionary definition is of course inarguably correct, culturally we rely on the second definition as our primary one for the term 'molest'.

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	isabellane 2013-01-09 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Still doesn't mean I was wrong to use it. Just means that culturally it's not used that way. That's all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sh_rl_ck_d 2013-01-09 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Indeed. There is no point of contention there. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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