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Doesn't it seem like words about sex are stranger than the rest of them?
What about Poon, as in "Poon-tang" (getting sex) or "Poon-hound" (somebody who likes sex). What kind of word is that? Let's check the OED ...
OK, maybe it's French.
And what about "Blow", as in "Blow job"? There isn't any blowing going on, not with somebody who knows their business. Not a lot of etymology on this one either
What about Poon, as in "Poon-tang" (getting sex) or "Poon-hound" (somebody who likes sex). What kind of word is that? Let's check the OED ...
poontang, n. U.S. slang.
(ˈpuːntæŋ)
Also poon tang and with capital initial(s).
[Prob. ad. Fr. putain prostitute.]
Sexual intercourse, sex; women collectively, or a woman, regarded as a means of sexual gratification. Also attrib. Hence as v. intr., to copulate.
OK, maybe it's French.
And what about "Blow", as in "Blow job"? There isn't any blowing going on, not with somebody who knows their business. Not a lot of etymology on this one either
33.III.33 coarse slang. To fellate. Also intr., to practise fellatio.
***1933 Brevities 12 Oct. 1 (heading) Sexy sailors blow! Bawdy boys run riot on high seas as fags stir emotions of rollicking rovers. ***1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants ii. 1158 Blow, to fellate or cunnilingue, the object being the person, and not the genital organ. ***1959 W. Burroughs Naked Lunch 86 ‘Darling, I want to blow you,’ she whispers. ***1968 J. Updike Couples ii. 148 The bitch won't blow unless she's really looped. What did the Bard say? To fuck is human; to be blown, divine. ***1969 P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 191 ‘I want you to come in my mouth,’ and so she blew me. ***1978 M. Puzo Fools Die vi. 82 There was a whole regiment of floozy Nightingales passing through his hotel room, washing him, feeding him and, as they tucked him in, blowing him to make sure he was relaxed enough to get a good night's sleep.