porch monkey

Sat Jan 22 16:04:24 UTC 2011

It's the racial stereotype that is my common thread.

Joel

At 1/22/2011 10:58 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Who calls a "lawn jockey" a "porch monkey"?
>
>I've never even heard "*lawn monkey," which would at least make more sense.
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>JL
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>On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > <font size=3>At 1/21/2011 04:12 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:<br>
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> > > > Not in OED in /any/ sense--ethnic slur, the (original?)
> > functional<br>
> > term,<br>
> > > > or "statuette" house accessory derived from it. Wiki
> > has an odd<br>
> > > > suggestion under Ethnic slurs:<br>
> > > ><br><br>
> > This statuette of which you speak -- is it what I think of as a
> > "lawn<br>
> > jockey"?<br>
> > ...</blockquote><br>
> > Like the one that is in front of the Jockey Club on East 52nd Street in
> > New York City.  Or used to be, if my memory is correct -- Google
> > street view does not show it (and the building is newer than the one I
> > visualize).<br><br>
> > Of course, there's no lawn there.<br><br>
> > Joel<br><br>
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