slang from Punk Magazine

[Wilson Gray]

On Dec 11, 2004, at 5:17 AM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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> Interesting that just as perhaps "doggin" is nonsense to rhyme with
> "floggin," "flong" may be nonsense (unless it is otherwise attested)
> to rhyme with the well-known "dong" in "flong your dong."
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> dInIs

dInIs, is "the well-known dong" the legendary dong with the luminous
nose discovered and first made manifest by the great Edward Lear? Or is
it a reference to the dangling dong of destiny, by which many,
including your humble correspondent, are all too often dingled?

-Wilson

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>> If indeed it is flogging, one possible longer form is "flogging the
>> bishop"
>> according to data one of my grad students collected this semester.
>>
>> How about "flagging" = 'raising the flag on the pole'?  Similar sort
>> of
>> motion, although a bit of a stretched metaphor.
>>
>> Jim Stalker
>>
>>
>> Wilson Gray writes:
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>>> On Dec 10, 2004, at 8:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>>> Shouldn't that be "flog"?
>>>>
>>>> JL
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>>> Yeah. What he said. It has an extended form, "floggin' the doggin."
>>> AFAIK, "doggin" is just a nonsense word used to make the rhyme.
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>>> Q. What did the butcher do when his shop caught fire?
>>> A. He grabbed his meat and beat it.
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>>> -Wilson Gray
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>>>> "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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>>>> From the page images in the online archive of Punk Magazine.
>>>>
>>>> "jimmyhead"
>>>> _Punk_ 3/76, p.3/1
>>>> "Do they let jimmyheads like that walk around the streets in New
>>>> York?"
>>>>
>>>> "flag" to masturbate
>>>> _Punk_ 3/76, p.3/1
>>>> "Just as I'm writing this letter O'Neil's probably in some back
>>>> alley
>>>> flagging it with a _National Geographic_ opened up on the ground
>>>> next
>>>> to
>>>> him."
>>>>
>>>> "clunker"
>>>> _Punk_ 7/76, p.??
>>>> "If you don't print this letter or pic, I'll cut your clunkers off!"
>>>>
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>> James C. Stalker
>> Department of English
>> Michigan State University
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