slang from Punk Magazine

[Wilson Gray]

On Dec 11, 2004, at 8:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> I suspect "doggin" was originally "dog."  The longer phrase is in
> "From Here to Eternity" (the book, not the movie....)
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> JL
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I agree, given that "flog the dog" immediately comes to mind. And, now
that you mention it, "From Here..." may be my source, since I've never
heard anyone actually use this expression. It's like "pull the
pud(din')," another one that I know only from literature.

-Wilson


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> Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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> On Dec 10, 2004, at 8:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> Shouldn't that be "flog"?
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>> 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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>> "Mullins, Bill" wrote:
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>> From the page images in the online archive of Punk Magazine.
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>> "jimmyhead"
>> _Punk_ 3/76, p.3/1
>> "Do they let jimmyheads like that walk around the streets in New
>> York?"
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>> "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."
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>> "clunker"
>> _Punk_ 7/76, p.??
>> "If you don't print this letter or pic, I'll cut your clunkers off!"
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