The most common, accepted definition in French is: a diseased prostitute," said Perrin, of the word's origin.

Accepted by whom? Not by any of the academics who have written about the word in question. This explanation was made up by James Domengeaux in the 1960's. But no one believes that it is the right one today. The word has nothing to do with prostitutes or a French word that sounds like "coonass". It's just an American slang word as, I suppose, everyone knows in the US. It's strange that this lawyer repeats this legend since he is so interested in history.

While Perrin is at it, he should go after those Registered Coonass stickers in gas stations. The ones where there's a picture of a raccoon flashing his *******.