evidently things are changing rather drastically with OED online, which should provide for some alarm new hope; viz., spotted just now under petulcous, from DRAFT REVISION Dec. 2007:

1997 Chronicle Short Story Reject #2 in austin.general (Usenet newsgroup) 20 July, The petulcous lowbrow with AIDS and the first-ever reported case of self-inflicted peotomy in front of a crowd.

petulcous ... peotomy

Yeesh.

I don't get it. Why should I be alarmed?

QUOTE: self-inflicted peotomy in front of a crowd.

(non)performance art?

quote:

self-inflicted peotomy in front of a crowd.

I suppose he could be charged with indecent exposure for that, but he is unlikely to repeat the offence.

... idly wondering what he did to attact the crowd in the first place.

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