groupie slang (1969)

[Jonathan Lighter]

My SWAG o' the day is that wank / whank derives from "whack."

  JL





  Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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The definition of _out of it_ as "stoned to the point of being out of
it" is priceless. Or do I mean "worthless."

I also find _whank_ interesting. I came across this word first in
print ca.1975, years before I ever heard it spoken. In an Australian
alternative newspaper whose name I've long since forgotten there
appeared a cartoon of the interior of an art museum. Prominently
displayed on the wall of the museum was a painting of a dog with an
engorged penis of very undoglike proportions sitting on its haunches
and using its right forepaw to masturbate. The portrait bore the
title, _Dog Wanking_. This spelling matches the only pronunciation of
the word and its derivatives that I've ever heard.

-Wilson


On 1/17/06, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
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> There are recordings floating around the blogosphere taken from an
> audio documentary called "The Groupies" by Alan Lorber, released on
> Earth Records in 1969. Various rock-band groupies give extremely
> candid interviews about their experiences:
>
> http://dirtything.blogspot.com/2006/01/groupies.html
> http://recordbrother.typepad.com/imagesilike/2005/05/the_groupies_.html
>
> Included in the liner notes on the back cover of the album is a
> "groupie glossary," with slang terms used by the interviewees. The
> glossary can be seen on this page (third image down):
>
> http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/12-1.html
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>
> --Ben Zimmer
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