Nonsexual lickety-split

[Wilson Gray]

I had no idea that "box" = "cunt" was known among those -- I assume –
of "the other group." When I first heard this slang usage, ca.1955,
its primary reference was to the female arse, but it could also refer
to the female genitalia. In those days, there was a popular song
amongst us colored called "Crazy 'Bout Lollipops." This was parodied
as "Crazy 'Bout Your Big Box." Needless to say, the reference is
clearly to the female buttocks.

BTW, have others noticed the treatment of "buttocks" as though it was
a singular, "but-tox"? As in, "He stabbed me in my left but-tox."
Perhaps it's language that's like a box of chocolates.

FWIW, "splijt" is the usual Dutch term for "vulva," used by women as
well as by men.

-Wilson Gray

On 9/8/05, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On Sep 8, 2005, at 10:23 AM, George Thompson wrote:
>
> > My freshman year in college, Boston U., 1959, I took Biology 101,
> > along
> > with all the other freshmen.  The lectures, in a hall the size of
> > Fenway Park, were delivered by a middle-aged female professor.  In one
> > lecture she described the cell as being a large box.  Afterwards, two
> > of my roommates debated whether she chose that comparison in full
> > knowledge that the word "box" meant "cunt".  If I recall, they agreed
> > that she must have known.
>
> once people get into B&B mode, not much is safe.  "human beings are
> tool-using animals."  "some people get crotchety in old age."
> "everything gets sucked into a black hole."  "seedling beds require
> great care."  and on and on.
>
> arnold
>


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-Wilson Gray