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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux by skohan on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:15AM (#28574551)
Interesting - it makes me wonder if those words have origins in other languages or something.
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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:38AM (#28574646)
Almost certainly not. For pickpocket we could say that it's an old word, and maybe English had a weaker preference for right-headedness when it arose. But that's more difficult for kiss-ass.
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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux by mrlonglong on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:40AM (#28575109)
Ass-kisser also has the same meaning.
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