"Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex"

[Wilson Gray]

On Nov 6, 2004, at 4:54 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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>> Wilson,
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>> 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."
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> I ain't gone there = I haven't gone there.
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> I ain't go there = I didn't go there.
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> The second ain't (clearly a preterit) is one of the few forms which
> appears to be nearly unique to AAVE
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> dInIs
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> PS: Least I know Wilson ain't gon be hasslin me bout "nearly unique."

dInIs, I am in complete agreement with you with respect to the example
sentences and their interpretation. As for "nearly unique," yes, I can
get behind that, too. Now, had you written, let us say, "most
unique,"...;-)

-Wilson

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>> 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
>>>
>>> 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>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- 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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>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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>>> Dennis R. Preston
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>>>         Asian and African Languages
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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
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