"Stinky pinky"

[Dennis R. Preston]

>I lack the smokin reference, but Jesse's "er" referece has been
>known to me since the early 50s, alongside "stink finger."

dInIs

>On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 12:00:09PM -0400, Wilson Gray wrote:
>  > A woman on today's Springer show used this phrase, which I've never
>>  heard before. Unfortunately, I missed the context in which the term was
>>  used. Does anybody know what it means?
>
>It really depends on the context, but most likely, it refers either
>to a kind of marijuana, or the finger as used for, er, insertional
>sexual purposes.
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
>OED


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