[Ads-l] A bogus "etymology"

[Mark Mandel]

So then what *is* the etymology?

On Feb 19, 2017 1:08 PM, "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> > On Feb 19, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > Paywalled. What's the definition?
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> purr-tongue n. [play on pussy n. (1)] (US black)
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> the clitoris.
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> 1992 (con. 1910s) F.M. Davis Livin' the Blues 36: At an early age we
> talked about a ‘purr-tongue’ or a ‘boy-in-the-boat’.
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> LH
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