[Ads-l] A bogus "etymology"

[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 19, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Paywalled. What's the definition?



purr-tongue n. [play on pussy n. (1)] (US black) 

the clitoris.

1992 (con. 1910s) F.M. Davis Livin' the Blues 36: At an early age we talked about a ‘purr-tongue’ or a ‘boy-in-the-boat’.

LH

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