Deuce

[Scot LaFaive]

Yeah, for some reason the whole "number two" connection blew right by me. As
for its use, I have been hearing it for at least a few years now within my
age group (late 20's to early 30's). After some more thought, I hear it
occuring most often in the phrase "drop a deuce" not "take a deuce," though
Google has roughly 4000 more hits for the latter. I wonder if this new word
for poo will stick in the language. Can never have enough.
Scot


>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
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>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 10:38:26 -0800
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>This is new to me, but surely it's a development of the use of the
>extremely common phrases "do Number One" and "do Number Two" as colloquial
>euphemisms for urination and defecation, when speaking to or about small
>children.
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>   JL
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>Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>Has anyone done any work on documenting "deuce" as meaning a crap or a
>shit?
>I'm not sure how old it is or what its etymology is, but I'm curious. I
>searched Google Books for "take a deuce" but couldn't find any hits. It's
>not in HDAS, so now I'm hopelessly lost.
>
>Scot
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