Antedating of "Suck" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Buttocke?

Bumme?

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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Victor Steinbok
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:24 PM
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>   I was puzzled by this when it first appeared, but didn't think it
> worthy of note, at the time. The only thing that came to mind, under
> the
> circumstances, is "butthole" or "bumhole". "Backside" hard deserves
> such
> drastic circumvention.
>
>      VS-)
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> On 6/30/2010 6:19 PM, Dave Wilton wrote:
> > "Backside"? But do you need to redact that?
> >
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> > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Mark Mandel
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> > I just noticed another redaction (besides "c - k" for "cock"), down
> at the
> > very bottom of Fred's* quotation.
> > "b - e" clearly refers to the anus, but what *word* does it
> represent?
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