dialogue about Lecter/Miggs being able to smell Clarice Starling's mott....that is one skill to possess! Since this is ultimately a science forum I wonder what the data is on vaginal fragrance and sexual attraction and also ponder the sheer ability of the male of the species to discern the 'scent of a woman' from distance (being incarcerated in a maximum security cell notwithstanding!) Makes you wonder what Al Pacino was really captivated by in that blind veteran movie after all. Also I think the word 'cunnilingus ' gives cunt a run for its money in the sheer ickyness stakes. Tamalaine said, Yeah, I did a double take when I was in a bookshop and saw the spine of the Clint Eastwood biography, Clint, in bold capital letters. One nasty word which isn_Tt on the list but has a lot of power to cause offence is _~Scum_T. Pretty much guaranteed to provoke a reaction. Smart Aleck said, However I see that doesn't explain where the EVIL overtones come from although it could be that story about some Warrior King in the feudal days who made all his swordsman swap their shield arms so they could attack the enemy with sword in other hand and the enemy would not be able to block with their shields. Or is this a precursor of the urban myth? aspiring pedant said, I have to agree with smart Aleck, who was very quickly off the mark, the word is from Latin via old French and these