"Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"

[Wilson Gray]

On Nov 6, 2004, at 9:51 AM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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>> 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."
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> dInIs
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> 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").

I won't. But, for the record, "ain't have no" is *way* younger than I
am. The use of _have_ sounds really "wrong" and "pseudo-learned,"
compared to "ain't _got_ no," which is, of course, the "correct" form.
[No, I don't intend for this comment be taken seriously. I'm jes funnin
wit chawl.]

-Wilson

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>> correction: "didn't have" should read "haven't had".
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>> From: "Thomas Paikeday" <thomaspaikeday at SPRINT.CA>
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>> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 8:39 AM
>> 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.
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>>> From: "Grant Barrett" <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG>
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>>> 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>
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>>>> FYI, I did an entry for it this morning:
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>>>> http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/get_brain/
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>>>> The earliest cite I could find without spending hours was 1998. It's
>>>> not that common, even on the pornonet.
>>>>
>>>> Grant Barrett
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>>>>> 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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