tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655260455118136480.post4424163691953542458..comments2023-12-11T08:21:30.812-08:00Comments on Mumblings of a so-called writer: Slang Terms for Body PartsAnthony1956http://www.blogger.com/profile/08176449389709850998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655260455118136480.post-2881783575545387502012-12-03T00:48:21.443-08:002012-12-03T00:48:21.443-08:00Thanks Jim,
I am unable to resist a challenge alt...Thanks Jim,<br /><br />I am unable to resist a challenge although such personal expressions do seem a little too personal for an etymological discussion.<br /><br />However I have heard of your father's expression before, or at least something similar. A relative (who shall remain nameless) referred to such as TOM, an acronym for The Old Man, even though it wasn't hers to name!<br /><br />Perhaps I should ask for personal examples and stories of how they came about? Must be a book there!Anthony1956https://www.blogger.com/profile/08176449389709850998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655260455118136480.post-59062680352706768892012-12-02T20:48:57.738-08:002012-12-02T20:48:57.738-08:00Glad to see you rise to the challenge here. Many y...Glad to see you rise to the challenge here. Many years ago I bought a dictionary of euphemisms and there was a large section dealing with body parts which is where I got the idea from. The euphemisms for private parts can be interesting. My father, for example, referred to his privates as his ‘old man’—I’ve never known anyone else use that one—and as my last wife’s daughter, when she first saw her baby brother getting his nappy changed, said, “Oh, he’s got a pompom on his bottom” so, from then on, in our house male genitals were referred to as a ‘pommie’. Idiolectal expressions like that really fascinate me. There’s another subject for you to investigate if the mood takes you: idioglossia.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com