"Brain" as Slang for "Oral Sex": fun with metonymy
Grant Barrett
gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG
Sun Nov 7 19:38:21 UTC 2004
On Nov 7, 2004, at 14:09, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
> what's the motivation for "brains" 'scrotum'? is it based on the
> expression "have balls for brains" '[of a man] think with one's
> genitals'? or on a perceived physical similarity between a testicle
> and a brain? or what?
I wonder if there's a connection to the common belief that men tend to
think with their small head more than their larger one.
Grant Barrett
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