nookie

[Beverly Flanigan]

Oh dear--we used to pronounce the name of the German-made pacifier our son
used (a Nuk) as [nUk].  I wonder where the brand name came from, and if
other users were as naive as we were?
]
At 01:37 PM 12/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Three origin-candidates (none invented by me):
>
>(1) from "nook" (referring to the vagina)
>(2) from the old verb "nug" = (a) "copulate" or (b) "fondle" (see Farmer
>and Henley)
>(3) from Dutch "neuken" = "f*ck"
>
>[My Dutch friends find it humorous when someone speaks of "nuking" food in
>the microwave oven.]
>
>There is also French "noc" = "vagina" (an anagram, apparently used by
>Rabelais).
>
>In my experience "nooky" usually approx. = "sex" -- a mild and ambiguous
>word, sometimes used for sexual activities other than coitus -- including
>necking, petting, groping, grubbling, and nugging (b) .... The books also
>show "nooky" = "vagina" (I haven't heard this one) and = "woman"/"women"
>(I've heard it rarely).
>
>-- Doug Wilson


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