[Ads-l] Possible Antedating of "Blow Job" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Bill Mullins]

>
> I don't have Legman's _No Laughing Matter_ handy to check the context of the
> 1942 quote in HDAS (in my experience Legman is very reliable about
> bibliographic matters) but here's a 1944 discussing the coinage of the jet
> aviation sense:
>
> 1944 _Aviation Week_ 13 Nov. 12/2 (in box): [heading] "Blow Jobs" [body]
> Credit Army Air Force squadrons based at Muroc Army Air Field and other
> Mojave Desert bases with having coined the name that doubtless will tag
> American jet propulsion fighter trainers wherever they appear. Well out of the
> experimental phase of testing, the JP's are engaging daily in the tactical
> training of bombing and fighter groups in California skies. To flight and ground
> crews alike the jet fighter trainers are "blow jobs".
>
> Jesse Sheidlower


See:
https://archive.org/details/Aviation_Week_1944-11-13/page/n6/mode/1up?q=%22blow+jobs%22

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