Showing posts with label slang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slang. Show all posts

Monday, July 30, 2007

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Today, by request, I looked up the word "pussy." First usage dates from the 1500s as a term of endearment for a girl or woman; 1726 shows a diminutive form of "puss" meaning cat or rabbit. The 1800s is when it first appears as slang for lady parts--"perhaps from O.N. puss 'pocket, pouch' (cf. Low Ger. puse "vulva"), but perhaps instead from the cat word on notion of 'soft, warm, furry thing.'" Eew. Hehe.

I thought I had already looked this up, but I looked up the etymology of "bunny" which overlaps in places.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

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Today I learned that the slang phrase "flip a bitch" means to make a U-turn. I learned this while reading the Wikipedia article on the word "bitch," which is just hilarious in general because it is very serious while the word bitch is very, very funny. Unless you are directing it at me or another girl who you shouldn't be directing it at. Then I will bitch slap you.