# "Apropos" does not mean "appropriate"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apropos-does-not-mean-appropriate/56487>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 2, 2001, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apropos-does-not-mean-appropriate/56487 "2001-03-02T11:07:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apropos-does-not-mean-appropriate/56487/61 "2001-03-06T01:02:55Z")

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I need to slow down when I read.

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> Disagree and I’ll pop ya one.

As I was skimming down, I thought that said “Disagree and I’ll poop on you.”

Now, that may not be an uncommon type of statement on these boards, given some of the wack jobs who apparently pay their WebTV bills on time. But from **Jodi**? My little brain hiccupped, and then I had to go back and re-read more carefully, let me tell you…

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**Author:** ![inor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@inor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inor)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apropos-does-not-mean-appropriate/56487/62 "2001-03-06T01:08:17Z")

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> _Jodi said_  
> I know, I know. And it’s sob quite all right. Sniff Really

Oh, bra-VO!

That’s simply astonishing.

It’s so transparent as to insult a Mako shark, but really, for a first attempt? I am simply o’erwhelmed!  
Very _good_, Jodicher…

::\*\*\*FUCKIN gettin the hell outta here afore he gets it with the rapid-fire pnuematic nail gun…::  
😉

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apropos-does-not-mean-appropriate/56487/63 "2001-03-06T03:01:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Nimue \*  
> \*\*“Orientate” is common usage here (UK). In fact, I can’t recall an instance where I’ve heard someone used “orient” instead. I hate it, too. \*\*

\<—Scratching head in confusion. Does this mean that " Masturbent" will one day become “Masturbate” ??? 😃 😃 😃

Cartooniverse

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