1947 citing in Archie Comic of "butthole." What did it mean?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

On 4/30/2012 10:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> ....
> I tend to believe that the very clever pun on "prime" is more likely to be
> Brewer's than Montana's. In any case, the major questions of  why
> "butthole" is there, why it's a predicate adjective, and how it got by the
> editors remain unanswered.
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My guesses (only guesses):

(1) "Butthole" is there by error or prank, probably substituting for
some more appropriate word/string;

(2) Probably it's a predicate adjective because that more appropriate
word/string is a predicate adjective;

(3) It got by the editors for about the same reason "Rumpole of the
Bailey" got by (cf. the alternative [rejected] title "Arsole of the
Bailey" (^_^)), or for the same reason "bottom hole" in various
applications gets by routinely. (In contrast I suppose "My
butt-hole/rump-hole/bottom-hole itches" would have been problematic.)

-- Doug Wilson

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