"taint", anatomical

[Neal Whitman]

In season 1 of "Weeds," Kevin Nealon's character and another guy were
sitting on the couch smoking pot, and arguing about whether this piece of
anatomy was called the taint or the runway. They asked the maid to settle
it: "What do you call the thing between the dick and the asshole?" Her
response: "The coffee table!"

Neal

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From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: "taint", anatomical


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> On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:20 PM, James Harbeck wrote:
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>> An alternate term for the perineum that I heard on a Saturday Night Live
>> sketch once is ABC -- anus-ball connector. I don't know how popular it
>> is.
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> That one does seem to have the disadvantage of being rather male centric.
> And prejudiced against eunuchs as well as women.  Taint fair!
>
>
>> I find, in Urban Dictionary, a definition that gives as synonyms
>> "grundle" and "nifkin," neither of which heretofore known to me, but both
>> of which having very good presences in Urban Dictionary.
>>
>> Last person I recall hearing "taint" from in conversation was wielding an
>> ultrasound wand at a clinic.
>>
> So it's really the technical term for "perineum", as we all suspected.
>
> LH
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