Vivid slang: jackhole and stone
Arnold Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sat Apr 26 02:16:12 UTC 2014
On Apr 25, 2014, at 5:21 PM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
>
> I don't know how common "stones" applied to a female is. (I assume
> the figurative use is already in the OED, but I didn't find it quickly.)
>
> Joel
>
"stones" applied to a female is pretty common on tv (in police shows, for example)_, but i have no idea how long it's been around.
arnold
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