Will the alternate meaning of "santorum" outlast Santorum's political career?

[memphis]

Yes, which is even dumber, since 80%+ people who use "Santorum" don't even know where the slang term came from...

Do you know the etymologies of most of the words you use? Doubtful. That's not how language works.

[memphis]

There is no "alternative meaning of santorum."

There is a delusional pathetic hack, with an unhealthy obsession with a deviant sexual perversion and an grossly inflated sense of self-worth who *thinks* they created an "alternative meaning."

I think we are getting close to the time where decent people should respond to this filth the same way that Muslims respond when someone denigrates their faith. This would quickly stop.

It would only take a few examples to end the nonsense.

Keep poking the hornet's nest, and you will feel the sting.

Spoken like a true militant theocrat.

[memphis]

The ability of a word to survive is based on need, of course. Anybody know off hand what a pritchel is? Probably not, because the concept is obsolete. Do we need a word for santorum, or rather can it sustain itself in conversation, as in "Dude, be more careful. You got santorum all over my new sheets!" I could see it working.