"Stallion": minor correction of Spears

[Wilson Gray]

Can you supply a cite, Scott? My copy of DARE ends at Sk-.

-Wilson

On 2/18/07, Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I know that DARE also has "stallion" in this sense, though I'm pretty sure
> it also doesn't denote a female of "plus size."
>
> Scot
>
>
> >From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> >Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >Subject: "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
> >Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:02:22 -0500
> >
> >---------------------- Information from the mail header
> >-----------------------
> >Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> >Subject:      "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Spears, in _Slang and Euphemism_, defines "stallion" as used in BE
> >slang as "a beautiful and sexually attractive black woman." This is
> >correct, as far as it goes, but a stallion has to be *plus-sized.*
> >Think Chaka Khan or Queen Latifah. E.g., Halle Berry is a fox, but she
> >ain't no stallion. It's not necessary that the woman be black. Any
> >"fine" or "fine and healthy" (both of these  terms are missing from
> >S&E) B[ig]B[eautiful]W[oman] is a stallion. Cf. the late, great Anna
> >Nicole Smith. (MTV Cribs is on in the background and Ice-T, by the
> >sheerest coincidence, has just revealed that a headshot of Britney
> >Spears hangs over his bed.)
> >
> >I have no idea why "stallion" is used in this meaning instead of
> >"mare," as would be expected. I've pondered this question for dekkids.
> >Iss jess one uh them black thangs that even black folk don't
> >understand, I reckon.
> >
> >FWIW, Russian slang uses _kobyla_ "mare" in a similar sense.
> >
> >-Wilson
> >-
> >All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
> >come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> >-----
> >-Sam'l Clemens
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------
> >The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Find what you need at prices you'll love. Compare products and save at MSN(r)
> Shopping.
> http://shopping.msn.com/default/shp/?ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24102&tcode=T001MSN20A0701
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>


--
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-----
-Sam'l Clemens

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org