Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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The release date for this single is probably earlier than that.
_Orlando Sentinel_ for 1/1/1993 has a list of top selling Central
Florida records for the week of 27 Dec 1992, and "Dazzy Duks" by Duice
is listed.

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>
> 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
>
> --
> Ben Zimmer
> http://benzimmer.com/
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