"Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Wilson,

>Hmmmm. I'm not so sure that "Ain't got no" forces a preterite
>interpretation  of "ain;t." "Got" is funny. Let's take a clean
>example like "go."


I ain't gone there = I haven't gone there.

I ain't go there = I didn't go there.

The second ain't (clearly a preterit) is one of the few forms which
appears to be nearly unique to AAVE

dInIs

PS: Least I know Wilson ain't gon be hasslin me bout "nearly unique."

>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."
>>
>>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").
>
>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
>
>>
>>
>>>correction: "didn't have" should read "haven't had".
>>>
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>>>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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>>>>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
>>>>
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>>>>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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>>>>>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
>>
>>
>>--
>>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


--
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