BAREBACK, a most useful word

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

perhaps ADS should consider BAREBACK as most useful new word of 2006, now 
that it has crossed over into the straight world.

In a message dated 1/24/06 4:30:55 PM, tomrvincent at YAHOO.COM writes:


> 'Bareback' refers to any non-condom intercourse...it's not just for anal 
> anymore!  I often see the term in Men's Journal magazine (not at all a gay 
> journal) in refererence to heterosexual intercourse at lower-fertility times of 
> the month.
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> The full name is, after all, "Brokeback Mountain." It is not uncommon for
> topographical names to have "negative polarity" not is it uncommon for 
> movies to
> contain words with "negative polarity."
> 
> I do find the film was a bit daring in selecting a title that is so close to
> "Bareback," given that that is a euphemism for unprotected anal sexual
> intercourse that is well known in American culture--and I seriously doubt 
> that those
> cowboys carried condoms into the field in the 1960s (even though they were
> actually herding sheep).
> 
> In a message dated 1/24/06 7:20:53 AM, hwgray at GMAIL.COM writes:
> 
> 
> > IMO, the latter use of "brokeback" has been extracted from the phrase,
> > _ADJ as a brokeback mule_, a very common BE expression.probably two
> > days older than water. I was a bit taken aback when I first learned
> > that there was a movie entitled "Brokeback" anything, given the total
> > negative polarity of the BE term, which is sometimes dysphemized as
> > "brokedick."
> >
> > -Wilson
> >
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