Antedating? of "shot his wad" 1896

[Jonathan Lighter]

I believe that particular sense of "wad" derives from the phrase, rather than the other way around.

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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Isn't wad a synonym for (noun) ejaculate? Is that where Johnny "Wad" Holmes
(male porn star) got his nickname? Thus making sexual meanings more
appropriate.

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> From: Jonathan Lighter [mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM]
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 5:50 PM
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> Since to have "shot one's wad" means "to have exhausted
> oneself; become played out," etc., sexual applications should
> have occurred almost immediately.
>
> JL.
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