[Ads-l] TV dialogue: _guy-trim_

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Apr 3 16:15:55 UTC 2016


I'm assuming it's just the male counterpart of (unmarked female) "trim".  In the absence of HDAS III, we have UD's entries, such as this one (slightly trimmed, in sense 2):

1. (adj.) - slender, slim, lean. 
2. (verb) - to remove excess, as in trimming a t-bone steak, or trimming hair. 
3. (noun) - the leading edge on an aircraft's wings, even it's propellors. 
4. (noun-slang) - a woman's naughty place.
5. (noun-slang) - sexually, any woman, when one is seeking some sweet lovin' (As in: Couldn't get any trim tonight, huh, dumbass?)

I'm assuming that the guy-trim in question is intended in sense #5.

LH


> On Apr 3, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
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> But what does it mean, Jon?
> 
> Joel
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>      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] TV dialogue: _guy-trim_
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> JHC!
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> JL
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> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On _The Family Guy_, a friend commiserates with Meg over heartbreak and
>> tries to cheer her up:
>> 
>> "There's a lot of other cute _guy-trim_ in this school."
>> --
>> -Wilson
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>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
>> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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