Dirty Words: History of...

[asian_princess]

Self-defined as an oral erotica enthusiast ('likes ear porn" just doesn’t quite have the same ring to it…). I love the souuuuuuwwwwwwwwnd of words. The way they roll off the tongue…how the strangely onomatopoetic they are…how one word whispered, or moaned, or even firmly spoken can send shivers down your spine…all the way to your groin

But even more fascinating is just the word itself. Words, in general have always held my fascination…and sex? well, I'm here aren’t I? So coming across a book called, "Dirty Words: the History of Sex Talk" was like hitting the jackpot, all my happy hobbies sitting together, fucking together, existing in the form of a red hardcover.

Anyway...I've been learning lots…http://bestsmileys.com/reading/4.gif*nods emphatically* a-huh!!


So to prove I'm not lying when I say I've been reading and it's been more than just penthouse forum, I've set myself the daily assignment of posting what I've learnt about the history of a dirty word…My very own Dirty Word of the day… if you will.

So feel to come along to class with me. If I'm wrong abut something, feel free to correct me…If I'm right…still feel free to punish me (we'll come to spanking later in the book, I'm sure) and if the inspiration strikes you, suggest a word of your own… or all you budding writers out there, use the word in a sentence…I'd love to read them all…

So..here we go..first word of the day is…

Let's keep it simple hey…

 

[asian_princess]

Word of the day is…LOVE.

LOL…hey, SOME would say it’s a dirty word…How bout we think of it as half of the phrase…Making Love, then?

Love…actually, (no, not the movie), ultimately is derived from the Indo-european word:leubh…which meant, to love or to desire. Leubh then evolved to, lubo…then to the Old English, lufu …then to the most overused, misused, misunderstood and most scared of words…LOVE

What other modern English word also evolved from leubh? Libido is one…still used today in its original Latin form...meaning to desire or lust, and one other evolved word, ironically..it's the word LEAVE…but in ths case, leave in the context of having permission, as in, you have leave to go…

So, to concluded today's lesson, tonight's homework, you all have my leubh to go make leubh …

 

[asian_princess]

Ok, months of procrastination…I may be back on track.

Let's dispense with the niceties…inspired somewhat by a particularly touching song I recently had the pleasure of hearing, entitled, Do You Take It? (thank you, to you know who you are )…today, it's all about how Baby Got Back…The Buttocks.
The medical name, deriving from the latin for largest rump, is gluteus maximus.

Romantic, yes.

The earliest English name for said oh so cushiony area was lenden, or used more often than not, the plural form, lendenu…because, frankly, when you're talking about buttocks, you're usually getting a pair.
Lenden is actually as a derived from the Latin, lumbus, which is also the base form for loin. mmm talk about back to front.

But where oh were did the god given word, arse come from…?

For this treasure we must thank the Greek word oura, meaning tail….and no, arse, as Dirty Word: The History of Sex Tail so eloquently points out "while the human arse is sometimes loaded with explosive charges, its name has no conection with the similar sounding, arsenal."

In its baby days, arse had no taboo connotations ..(taboo??? ) and was used with the same tone now reserved for buttocks. However, in the mid-1700's arse was considered such a no-no that it is represented quite frequently with asterisks to represent the middle letters - a**e. ick.

But thanks to the Americanisation of the word in both spelling and pronunciation to ass (don’t blame me DV!)…much of the taboo was lost…probably because the use of ass, as an insult (personally I prefer, hey, donkey boy, but that's just me ) had already been used for centuries.

Now, as for other words..of course there's the usual suspects, the butt, rear, bum, buns...but look…lets face it…there's no beating arse…guess that'll bring our words for tomorrow to…spanking.