[Ads-l] Slang: Create a new posterior orifice metaphorically

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Fine citations, Bill. Thanks for searching. Your results show once
again the value of the endangered Internet Archive.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 5:17 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> William Groninger _The Run from the Mountain_ New York: Dell, 1960 p. 254
> "Old Reed bored your boy Dillavou a whole new asshole."
> https://archive.org/details/runfrommountain00gron/page/254/mode/1up?q=%22new+asshole%22
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> Ken Kesey _Sometimes a Great Notion_  New York: Bantam Books, 1965 p. 541
> "'Fierce enough,' he proclaimed, 'to tear a new asshole in whatever nigger said that!'"
> https://archive.org/details/sometimesgreatnokese00kese/page/541/mode/1up?q=%22new+asshole%22
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> > Additional findings from you or other list members would be valued
> > together with appropriate acknowledgements to all contributors.
> >
> > Garson
> >
> > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 2:20 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > There is a family of expressions based on the metaphorical creation of
> > > a new posterior orifice. The meaning is "to injure or rebuke someone"
> > > (RHDAS) or "to attack someone savagely, either physically or verbally"
> > > (Green's Slang). Here are some examples:
> > >
> > > tear 'em a new asshole
> > > cut him a new asshole
> > > fit you for a new asshole
> > > blow you a new asshole
> > > ripped them a new asshole
> > > kick a new asshole into someone
> > >
> > > I received a request to explore this topic, but it does not fit my
> > > website which is largely advertiser-friendly. So I decided to perform
> > > preliminary research which I am now sharing:
> > >
> > > What is currently known:
> > >
> > > Green’s Dictionary of Slang has an entry with citations beginning in
> > > 1969. The first citation is bracketed. Click on the four line symbol
> > > at the end of the timeline to see the citations.
> > > Caution-https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/x2lfcjy
> > >
> > > JL's "Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang" has an
> > > entry (page 47) with citations beginning in 1968.
> > >
> > > Subreddit r/etymology has a web page with citations beginning in 1965.
> > >
> > > https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/5shx7f/origin_of_the_phrase_tear_subj_a_new_one/
> > >
> > > What I found:
> > >
> > > There is a Google snippet match circa 1958. The match looks solid, but
> > > I have not verified it with hardcopy or scans which is necessary.
> > >
> > > Year: 1958
> > > Book: Ruled by the Whip: Hell Behind Bars in America's Devil's Island,
> > > the Arkansas State Penitentiary
> > > Author: Dale Woodcock
> > > Quote Page 50 (maybe)
> > > Database: Google Books snippet match; requires verification with hard
> > > copy or scans
> > >
> > > [Begin snippet text]
> > > When I get home I'll cut him a new asshole. Law! What's it good for?
> > > If they'd put everybody in jail that's out an' let everybody out
> > > that's in, it wouldn't make any change.
> > > [End snippet text]
> > >
> > > An article on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas supports the 1958 date for
> > > "Ruled by the Whip".
> > > Caution-https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/ruled-by-the-whip-book-12426/
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > Ruled by the Whip: Hell behind Bars in America’s Devil’s Island, the
> > > Arkansas Penitentiary is a 1958 self-published autobiographical
> > > account written by Dale Woodcock. One of the few printed accounts by
> > > an Arkansas prisoner, the book chronicles Woodcock’s experiences at
> > > Cummins prison farm in the 1950s.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > There is blind match in HathiTrust for the phrase "fit you for a new
> > > asshole" on page 275 of a book dated 1959. A blind match (my
> > > terminology) means that no snippet is shown and no context is visible.
> > > So this match must be verified with hardcopy or scans.
> > >
> > > Year: 1959
> > > Book: The Numbers of Our Days: A Novel
> > > Author: Francis Irby Gwaltney
> > > Publisher: Random House, New York
> > > Quote Page 275 (maybe)
> > >
> > > [Begin search phrase match]
> > > "fit you for a new asshole"
> > > [End search phrase match]
> > >
> > > There is a Google snippet match circa 1960.
> > >
> > > Year: 1960
> > > Book: A Step in the River: A Novel
> > > Author: Francis Irby Gwaltney
> > > Publisher: Random House, New York
> > > Quote Page 108 (maybe)
> > > Database: Google Books snippet match; requires verification with hard
> > > copy or scans
> > >
> > > [Begin snippet text]
> > > “Now by God, John Frank, you remember: Doc'd spit in your face and fit
> > > you for a new asshole if you start offering to build any bridges or
> > > roads. Ask 'im what he's got in mind and then tell 'im he'll get it.
> > > But be sure to tell 'im right away that you ...
> > > [End snippet text]
> > >
> > > Garson
> > >
> > >
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