Semi-OT: Wikipedia's "Big Apple" vandalized again

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>"Toss pot"--according to the Urban Dictionary--means "masturbation."

For "according to the Urban Dictionary" read "according to at least
one anonymous person".

I think "toss-pot" usually means "drunkard" or so, as used by
Shakespeare and by others even in recent years. It seems transparent enough.

Is "tosser" (= "wanker") or "toss" = "masturbate" in common use in the US?

I suppose some modern persons may have mis-, uh, that is,
re-interpreted "toss-pot" based on "tosser", but I think the dominant
sense of "toss-pot" is still "drunkard" (or "drinker").

-- Doug Wilson


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