[Ads-l] Heard: _cush_ "vulva"

[tajewell89]

Could this possibly be an extension of the word "cushion" in the phrase "more cushion for the pushin'", usually referring to sexual intercourse with larger women?

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> On Jun 7, 2016, at 13:35, Dave Wilton <dave at WILTON.NET> wrote:
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> I've been living in Toronto for six years and have yet to hear it. But =
> then, I haven't been in many social situations where one might expect to =
> hear such an insult.
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> While masculine-insult "c**t" exists in the US, it is quite rare. In =
> fact, the HDAS exx. indicate that its greatest popularity was in the =
> Marine Corps during WW2 under the influence of Australian and New =
> Zealand English.
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> If Americans in Britain picked it up as well, there is, by contrast, =
> little record of it.
> 
> What, if anything, is the significance of this little-mentioned =
> difference between British and American English?
> 
> What's the situation in Canada?
> 
> JL
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