twat

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not quite what OED has in mind.  The 1950 ex. specifically says "buttocks."

JL

neil <neil at TYPOG.CO.UK> wrote:
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on 15/3/05 3:49 pm, Jonathan Lighter at wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM wrote:

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> Besides the usu. meaning, OED lists "twat" as "U.S. dial. The buttocks."
> There is an unequivocal (wordlist) cite from 1950. However, I find the second
> ex. to be ambiguous at best.
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> Is anybody familiar with "twat" as a U.S. synonym for backside? Or is this
> likely to be an error?
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> JL
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A gay gender twist is recorded in Bruce Rodgers (The Queens' Vernacular)
where the male anus or rectum is equated with the vagina - twat.

--Neil Crawford


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