Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Mon Nov 29 15:38:51 UTC 2010


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Thanks.  I missed it when I looked through the Junk pages.

>
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 09:27:25AM -0600, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
> >
> > junk in my/the/her trunk Not in OED, HDAS
> >
> > _Heart & Soul_  Feb/Mar97 p. 112 col unk [Ebscohost]
> > "Hey, I still had "junk in my trunk" when I was thinner."
> >
> > [South Florida] _Sun-Sentinel_  August 17, 1998  p. 1B col unk
> > [Newsbank]
> > "She had mad trunk. Junk in her trunk!"
> >
> > _Boston Globe_ September 21, 2000 p. E14 col unk [Newsbank]
> > "If you had a big butt, you had "a little too much junk in the
trunk." "
>
> Actually this is in HDAS, in vol. II p. 331/2, with a first
> quote from the Jerry Springer Show in 1995.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
>
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