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I use the term "Bobbitized" in this week's edition.

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Back in the 18 June 2000 issue, there was an item about Beaver College and why the school wanted to change its name. Last week the Pennsylvania institution (which was indeed initially an all-girls school) officially adopted its new name: Arcadia University. The school's president said she was tired of jokes about the old name, which "too often elicits ridicule in the form of derogatory remarks pertaining to the rodent, the TV show Leave It to Beaver and the vulgar reference to the female anatomy." When announcing the new name, the school's spokesman was foolish enough to suggest that "Arcadia University" was "rude proof" -- that no one could possibly come up with a rude twist on the name since they "looked pretty carefully at it" before approving it.

What silly, silly people.

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