[Note: due to breaking news (pun – see below) the scheduled Backwards will be seen next week.] The news is the arrival here of a deliberately post-Christmas catalog. It comes under the name "Johnson Smith, since 1914" and indeed the older Staff well remembers that name. In long ago days there were J.S. ads in comic books, and they had items such as a build your own electric motor for 10 cents (might have been 15 cents). This was a small collection of metal bits and some wire. Now, the contents are somewhat more shocking, possibly explaining some features of modern life, such as certain TV programs and political candidates. But, before exploring this treasure trove of bad taste, we have to come to an understanding about a certain word. We have noted before that "poo" is now heard on TV (CNBC spoke of "chicken poo" this morning). We don't know about the current propriety of the common word "f*rt", to describe the release of intestinal gas, so instead we give you the word in the title above from our Dictionary of Slang.

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