More butts

[victor steinbok]

If it wasn't, you'll have to explain the appearance of Seymour Butts joke
(the Simpsons), right alongside Mike Hunt (Porky's) and Phil McCracken
(Drew Carey Show).

VS-)

PS: Of course, all three have been around much longer than their cinematic
representations.


On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Somewhere along the line ISTR some unreasonable doubt as to whether "butt"
> was ever considered vulgar.
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> Cf.:
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> 1941 _Springfield [Mass.] Republican_ (July 11) 12: "General Lear he missed
> his putt/  Parley vous/ The 110th got it in the ---- / Hinky-dinky
> parlez-vous."
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> (I.e., they suffered as a result. Had the word been "ass," I doubt that it
> would even have been  alluded to but you don't expurgate what nobody thinks
> is vulgar.)
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> JL
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> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > "Buck-naked"
> >
> > Does the OED have "buck-_nekkid_"? That's the way that I've seen it in
> > print since way back when.
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