tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573229163921581861.post6992822755535190896..comments2023-09-04T01:58:33.794-07:00Comments on Mid Beacon Hill: "Beacon Hill Groper"?JvAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573229163921581861.post-17777255403185800992008-03-20T08:00:00.000-07:002008-03-20T08:00:00.000-07:00Yes. I wouldn't have mentioned it if I didn't also...Yes. I wouldn't have mentioned it if I didn't also agree with you. I was hoping there was a better term, but there probably isn't.JvAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573229163921581861.post-41214758591320905292008-03-20T07:27:00.000-07:002008-03-20T07:27:00.000-07:00Oh, I accept "groper" as the best of a bad lot of ...Oh, I accept "groper" as the best of a bad lot of available terms. I just get kind of hung up on language sometimes. <BR/><BR/>I looked up "to grope" out of curiosity. Used in the intransitive, it means "feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands." Ain't nothing uncertain about what this guy is doing. Transitively, it means "feel or fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure, esp. against their will." But not <I>always</I> against their will. Tellingly, this is the example sentence that my dictionary gives for the use of "grope" as a noun: "She and Steve sneaked off for a quick grope."<BR/><BR/>Since "grope" is so often used to describe consensual activities, I just wish we had a better word to describe a criminal whose assaults take the form of groping. That's all I was trying to say!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184756287791706514noreply@blogger.com