Precise Citation for Major Antedating of Euphemistic Sense of "Make Love"

[Shapiro, Fred]

I think the closest French counterpart to the OED is Tresor de la langue francaise [diacritics omitted].  My university has online access to this as part of the ARTFL database.  I don't know whether Larry's university has the same kind of resources that mine has.  In any case, I looked at TLF and it doesn't seem to have an entry for "faire l'amour."

Fred Shapiro



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Subject: Re: Precise Citation for Major Antedating of Euphemistic Sense of "Make Love"

Does anyone know the history of "faire l'amour"? I was speculating earlier that it may have undergone the same shift earlier than, and hence been a catalyst for, "make love".  What I'd need is the French counterpart of the OED, but if anything like that is accessible online I don't know where or how.

LH

On Aug 23, 2014, at 7:52 PM, W Brewer wrote:

> Wonder if  Kahn & Donaldson's <<Makin' Whoopee>> 1928 could have effected
> semantic extension of <<makin' love>> around that time.  (<<The title is a
> euphemism for sexual intimacy>> /Wikip)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRPmTZRqkg
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