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Are TUSCL posts are a form of PASQUINADE.

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In a sense our posts here are a variant form of PASQUINADE (i.e., essentially any "negative" [lampoon or satire] anonymous post). I found this interesting; maybe you will too.

pasquinade \pass-kwuh-NAYD\ noun

1 : a lampoon posted in a public place
2 : satirical writing : satire

Example sentence: During the night a pasquinade mocking the mayor's tax policy was nailed to the town hall's front door. Did you know? In 1501, a marble statue from ancient times was unearthed in Rome and erected near that city's Piazza Navona. The statue depicted a male torso and was christened "Pasquino" by the Romans, perhaps after a local tailor. In those days, the citizens of Rome could not speak out against their political and religious leaders without fear of punishment, so criticism was expressed anonymously, often by means of publicly posted lampoons. The Pasquino statue became a prime location for posting such lampoons. These postings, which still appear to this day, became known in English as "pasquinades" (from the Italian "pasquinata"). The term has since expanded in usage to refer to any kind of satirical writing (such as in a magazine).