slang from Punk Magazine

[Dennis R. Preston]

I don't know nothin bout no Lears (cept for Kang Lear).Muss be the other one.

dInIs



>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."
>>
>>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
>
>>
>>>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:
>>>
>>>>On Dec 10, 2004, at 8:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>>>>Shouldn't that be "flog"?
>>>>>
>>>>>JL
>>>>
>>>>Yeah. What he said. It has an extended form, "floggin' the doggin."
>>>>AFAIK, "doggin" is just a nonsense word used to make the rhyme.
>>>>
>>>>Q. What did the butcher do when his shop caught fire?
>>>>A. He grabbed his meat and beat it.
>>>>
>>>>-Wilson Gray
>>>>
>>>>>
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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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>>>Michigan State University
>>
>>
>>--
>>Dennis R. Preston
>>University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
>>Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African
>>Languages
>>A-740 Wells Hall
>>Michigan State University
>>East Lansing, MI 48824
>>Phone: (517) 432-3099
>>Fax: (517) 432-2736
>>preston at msu.edu


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
        Asian and African Languages
Wells Hall A-740
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
Office: (517) 353-0740
Fax: (517) 432-2736