Inquiring minds want to know...

[Jeff Prucher]

Possibly more context in this interview:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/rashida-jones-celeste-and-jesse-forever-interview.html

"We do sometimes go on jags where we jerk off vegetables and then, like,
four hours have gone by. And we’ve done nothing, but there’s a lot of,
like, chafed Asian cucumbers."

Jeff Prucher



>Well, there's "jerk off with" and "jack off with," but my impression was
>that these must have eliminated from consideration for some reason.
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>JL
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>On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> On Aug 3, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> > Try "screw" or the equivalent.
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>> So "[masturbate]" is a euphemism for "screw" or the equivalent?  I'm not
>> convinced it is, even in metaphorical contexts.
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>> > See, strictly speaking vegetables don't have...so you can't...but it's
>> > metaphorical.
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>> > Also, do "spherical" vegetables really work best?
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>> I wondered about that too ("vegetables and other spherical objects"?), but
>> I guess we'll have to see the movie and decide for ourselves.
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