Scuttlebutt: 1947 Archie "butthole." What did it mean?

[Victor Steinbok]

Your ... er... humor is a bit puzzling. You ask for evidence of earlier
uses of "butthole" that have been thoroughly vetted *here* by now, then
you offer a claim that has absolutely no basis in fact. I know you ended
up phrasing it as a joke, but, your attempt at humor notwithstanding,
you're still showing remarkable inconsistency.

The last message is just insulting and half of it is factually
incorrect. Nor is it a rebuttal to anything I wrote. Please refrain from
direct correspondence with me in the future--I will not respond to it. I
would suggest that *you* do some bloody homework both in the list
archives and the list etiquette. And if that doesn't work, change the
medication.

      VS-)

PS: To the rest of the list: Please forgive the outburst--there is only
so much shit I am going to put up with--if it was intended as humor, in
my book, it crossed the line. I've never been known to have a thin skin
but it must have eroded this morning.



On 5/8/2012 6:12 PM, J P Maher wrote:
> Show us "all early instances of "butthole" (so far) appear to imply a
> hole *with* a
> butt--or a butted hole--*not* a hole *in* a butt."
>
> From: Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 4:50 PM


On 5/8/2012 6:02 PM, J P Maher wrote:
> Palimpsest:
> The lettering was done in ,1947. The scratchout was perpetrated later,
> in ignorant Boomer years...
>  Your mission, should you accept it, is to date the vandalism
> From: Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 4:50 PM


On 5/8/2012 6:28 PM, J P Maher wrote:
> "Butt hole" is recent homosexuals' term, unknown in 1947 as a term for
> the. Do some bloody homework...

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