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[Wilson Gray]

> How about syn. “junk"?

I don’t know. Isn’t that just for guys?

On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How about syn. "junk"?
>
> JL
>
> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 11:48 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "8. in sexual contexts [20C+ use is usu. US black].”
> >       (a) the [vulva]… fig. used as female sexuality.
> >
> >
> > "Usu. US black” is certainly true, in my experience. It’s a clip of _that
> > good stuff_ , a quasi-euphemistic alternate term for _pussy_. However, it
> > appears to be breaking the bonds of race, sex, and nationality..
> >
> > Here’s an instance of its use by a black Englishwoman:
> >
> > “He sat next to me and started touching my stuff.”
> >
> > https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-41038652/he-touched-my-
> back-down-to-my-bum
> > ca.0:03
> >
> > Also, as is the case with _tap that ass_, the term has clearly lost its
> > former level-10 obscenity.
> >
> > --
> > -Wilson
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come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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