Morning wood (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

A "woodie" is slightly earlier. And "stiffie" is a little earlier than
that. In print, anyway.

I suggest "woodie"  is the origin of both " Woodrow" and "morning wood


JL

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> The earliest I see on Google is "Beavis and Butt-Head," which is my =
> recollection of first seeing the word.
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> Episode 144, "The Mystery of Morning Wood," aired on November 20, 1995 =
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Beavis_and_Butt-head_episodes).
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> http://www.textfiles.com/media/bbh_intv.txt has a claim of the use on =
> August 19, 1993 by Butt-Head in an interview by Charles M. Young of =
> "Rolling Stone." Butt-Head says, 'That would be cool. Huh-huh. "Give us =
> this day our morning wood."'
>
> If "Beavis and Butt-Head" is the origin, it may be that "Woodrow" is the =
> source. There is a glossary of Beavis and Butt-Head terms at =
> http://www.beavis-butthead.ru/yellow_articles_115.html, where it lists =
> "Woodrow":
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> Woodrow: An erection. Other terms are "Morning Wood" (waking up in the =
> morning with an erection), "Stiffy", "It's high noon on my sundial", and =
> "Our pencils are hard". When they are talking about getting an erection, =
> they say things like: "Pitching a tent", "I'm getting a boner", and "I'm =
> getting a stiffy!".
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>
> Evidently Beavis uses the term Woodrow =
> (http://iamcornholio.tumblr.com/page/2, =
> http://www.behindthename.com/name/woodrow/comments).=20
>
> See also http://www.beavis-butthead.ru/yellow_articles_107.html, which =
> says: "They can't believe someone would say `Woodrow' on TV." That =
> implies that the term "Woodrow" is already a set slang term, but it =
> isn't definitive.
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
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> On Nov 16, 2012, at 5:30 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> =
> wrote:
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> > I'd look for evidence a bit earlier -- perhaps by about a decade (or =
> less).
> > At the time, it was suggested it came from BE... Whether there is a
> > connection, I have no idea.
> >=20
> >                  VS-)
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> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
> > Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> >> I associate the phrase with Wayne and Garth from the "Wayne's World"
> >> sketches on SNL.
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> >>> Ca 1993, IIRC.
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> >>> JL
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