Not in HDAS? _brumsky_

[Jonathan Lighter]

New to me, Wilson.

JL

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> SNL 1983:
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> http://snltranscripts.jt.org/82/82kguy.phtml
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> "[D]id you ever go '_brumsky_'? Brrrrrrrrrrr... [shakes head and flaps
> his lips] '_Brumsky_' ...?"
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> UD 2003:
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> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brumsky
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> _brumsky_
> to place one's face between a woman's breasts and to exhale sharply
> [through one's lax lips], while moving one's face quickly from left to
> right.
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> FWIW (I know: nothing; but WTF?), I first heard this word ca. 1951. It
> was used in a kind of joke:
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> A. "Hey, jim! Do you know how to play 'brumsky'?"
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> "No."
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> "Well, you..." etc.
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> I was reminded of _brumsky_ by its occurrence in some random,
> poor-man's American Pie being re-run on CC.
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