[Ads-l] Antedating of "Scumbag" (Condom, Insult)

[Shapiro, Fred]

scumbag (OED, = condom, 1967)  1943 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology and Quarterly Review of Psychiatry and Neurology_Oct. 298 (Hathi Trust)  A scum-bag is a balloon.

scumbag (OED, insult, 1971; Green 1959) 1949 Transcript of Bridge Hardware Co., Inc. v. Hyman Horowitz 261 (New York Supreme Court Appellate Division - First Department, Direct Examination, 16 Sept.) (Google Books)  He called me scum bag, baldy, and a few other names that I wouldn't like to mention in court.

Fred Shapiro


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