Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Ben Zimmer]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>
> Dazzey Duks by Duice may be relevant
> Released: January 11, 1993
>
> Here is a 1994 Usenet message that has a tagline with a excerpt of the
> lyrics I think.
[...]
> Baby's got back, Junk in the trunk, She's gotta 6 pack or a Hell of a
> rump!

Garson beat me to it. That's the earliest appearance of "junk in the trunk" that
I was able to find on ohhla.com.

http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/duice/dazzey/duks.dui.txt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzey_Duks

Duice's hit single was released a year after Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back,"
which had the memorable line, "Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her
Honda," perhaps an inspiration for "junk/trunk"?

--bgz

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