Wenis

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:55 PM -0400 10/11/07, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
>>Does anybody have chapter and verse on the history of "wenis", which seems
>>to be US slang for the skin of the elbow (lots of Google hits).
>
>Just my impression ... and I hope it's wrong and there's something
>interesting here ....
>
>Basically, "wenis" (= "wienis" = "weinis") means "penis" (presumably
>with influence from "wiener"). I've seen this on the Internet for a
>decade or so, I think (can't remember whether I've ever heard it in
>real life).
>
>"Wenis" has also been used, I don't know whether by many or not, to
>mean a prosthetic penis, I guess a strap-on device maybe, presumably
>< "w[oman's] + [p]enis". I see this at Google Books in a book by
>Jonathan Ames.

If the mangina lives and prospers, why not the wenis?

LH

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