[Ads-l] Has anyone else noticed the use of "dick" and "pussy" to mean...

[Jonathan Lighter]

Cultural note:

Of 16 "Hate-It" reviews of "Veep" at IMDb, only one or two even mention the
language - which sometimes cringes [v.t.] even ye editor of HDAS.

I grow old. Fug it.

JL

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> > On Apr 26, 2015, at 7:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> =
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> >=20
> >=20
> > (OED lacks this specific "strap-on.")
> >=20
> Where's HDAS  when we need it?  I'd have pegged this entry for Volume =
> III...
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