Whore's Bath

[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:55:57 Zulu minus 0600  Scot LaFaive <slafaive at GMAIL.COM> et al wrote:

<quote>
I'm getting this from "Austin Powers" where the hero mentions "whore's
bath" as a quick wash of the sexual essentials. I see it listed in
Urban Dictionary, but that doesn't really mean much. Anyone heard of
this outside the context of the movie, maybe even prior to the 1997
movie?
</quote>

By any chance, was "whore's bath" invented due to the unfamiliarity of English-speakers, or at least Americans, with the word "bidet"?

   - Jim Landau

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