"taint", anatomical

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've seen "grundle" in recent slang dictionaries but nowhere else.
"Nifkin," nowhere.

JL

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Neal Whitman <nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET>
> Subject:      Re: "taint", anatomical
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:56 PM
> Subject: Re: "taint", anatomical
>
>
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail
> > header -----------------------
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> > Subject:      Re: "taint", anatomical
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:20 PM, James Harbeck wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



--
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org