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

[Jonathan Lighter]

2003 Peter Noah _War Stories_ (NBC-TV movie):

“I lack your European *je ne sais quois*, … your *hinky dinky parlez-vous*.”

(Nothing to do with WWI or Armentieres. Just something a guy says.)

JL


On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:55 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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>               "Make Love"
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> LH, if I wasn't so timid, I'd try the Acade'mie franc,aise website, find
> tabs La Langue franc,aise, Questions de langue:
> <<Si vous vous interrogez sur d=E2=80=99autres points de langue, le
> Service=
>  est la`
> pour vous re'pondre. Remplissez le formulaire : Service du Dictionnaire.>>
> Better not make any faux pas in your formulaire. They're touchy that way.
> They never stop improving the French language, that's for sure. Today, they
> suggest using <mot die`se> instead of <hashtag>, <donne'es ouvertes>
> instead of <open data>, <e'reintage> for <bashing>, <recyclage valorisant>
> for <upcycling>, <mole'culture> for <biopharming>. Remember, say <recueil
> le'gal>, not <kafala>.
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