[Ads-l] TV dialogue: _guy-trim_

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Trim" is a long-established slang term, chiefly in AAE, for what Larry
said.

Also v.

JL

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:

> OK, not so innocent.
>
> Joel
>
>
>       From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>  Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 12:15 PM
>  Subject: Re: [ADS-L] TV dialogue: _guy-trim_
>
> I'm assuming it's just the male counterpart of (unmarked female) "trim".
> In the absence of HDAS III, we have UD's entries, such as this one
> (slightly trimmed, in sense 2):
>
> 1. (adj.) - slender, slim, lean.
> 2. (verb) - to remove excess, as in trimming a t-bone steak, or trimming
> hair.
> 3. (noun) - the leading edge on an aircraft's wings, even it's propellors.
> 4. (noun-slang) - a woman's naughty place.
> 5. (noun-slang) - sexually, any woman, when one is seeking some sweet
> lovin' (As in: Couldn't get any trim tonight, huh, dumbass?)
>
> I'm assuming that the guy-trim in question is intended in sense #5.
>
> LH
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> > On Apr 3, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
> >
> > But what does it mean, Jon?
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
> >      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 11:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ADS-L] TV dialogue: _guy-trim_
> >
> > JHC!
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On _The Family Guy_, a friend commiserates with Meg over heartbreak and
> >> tries to cheer her up:
> >>
> >> "There's a lot of other cute _guy-trim_ in this school."
> >> --
> >> -Wilson
> >> -----
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> >> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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