Fw: Re: "Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"

[Dennis R. Preston]

>I was just about to haul off and write in about the loose-penned
>failure to distinguish between "ain't had no" and "didn't have no."

dInIs

PS: Wilson, don't write in and tell us about "ain't have no" =
"didn't have no." I'm assuming Thomas Paikeday does not send us
messages in AAVE (with preterite "ain't").


>correction: "didn't have" should read "haven't had".
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Thomas Paikeday" <thomaspaikeday at SPRINT.CA>
>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 8:39 AM
>Subject: Re: "Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"
>
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>>Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>Poster:       Thomas Paikeday <thomaspaikeday at SPRINT.CA>
>>Subject:      Re: "Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"
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>>As a lexicographer, I find this, esp. the citations, exciting! (though not
>>arousing). Ed Gates, now you know why we didn't have any comments so far
>>on
>>SCRUMP.
>>(forwarded to Ed Gates)
>>t.m.p.
>>www.paikeday.net
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Grant Barrett" <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG>
>>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 4:13 PM
>>Subject: Re: "Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"
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>>>Poster:       Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG>
>>>Subject:      Re: "Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"
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>>>
>>>FYI, I did an entry for it this morning:
>>>
>>>http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/get_brain/
>>>
>>>The earliest cite I could find without spending hours was 1998. It's
>>>not that common, even on the pornonet.
>>>
>>>Grant Barrett
>>>
>>>>On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 12:16:56PM -0500, davemarc wrote:
>>>>>I thought this item might be of interest:
>>>>>http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/11/05/
>>>>>street_slang_update_brain_doesn
>>>>>t_mean_smart.php


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