Reply #34: Yes - a number of times

[Spirochete]

That was my method of determining which words were likely to increase my social status on the playground - to try them out on my mother. If she drug me in the bathroom and force-fed me a bar of Ivory soap, the word was a good one to use amongst my classmates, out of earshot of the teachers. But the punishment was unpleasant. The soap was usually sitting in a wet tray, all mushy on the bottom. She would scrape all the mushy soap off on my front teeth. I hate Ivory soap to this day.

On Edit: Am now washing my fingers out with soap for mistyping....