groaniest

[Jonathan Lighter]

'Cause they're in the groiny area?

JL

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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> > groaniest
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> At first glance, I read the subject as
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> "groanies!"
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> Back in the '50's, _groanies_ was a local(?) slang term for "testes," in
> StL BE.
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