On Jan 14, 1:31=A0pm, Ellen K Hursh <ekhu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jan 13, 6:15 pm, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> > But how did the phrase 'blow job' come to be used for fellatio?
=A0It's
> > an honest question. =A0You can normally find etiology (I know that's
> > spelled wrong, but can't remember the correct spelling at the moment)
>
> While etiology *does* involve "any study of causes, causation, or
> causality", I think the word you want is etymology (not to be confused
> with entomology, which is what Grissom does).
That would be why I couldn't get it to look right (lol), you are
correct, I did mean etymology.
>
> > of a phrase on wiki or one of the dictionaries, but not for that one.
> > It's just a curious thing, don't you think?
>
> Think about what the recipient of a "blow job" does at the climactic
> moment (i.e., "Thar he blows!").
Ahh, but then why would the act, what the fellator does, be the blow
job if it's based on what he, the fellated, does?
It's just a weird thing in my head (and yes, I do have too much time
on my hands).
>
> *ponders* And then there's the usage of "blow" for cocaine, which only
> seems non-ironic in that scene from "Annie Hall".
True, but calling coke blow came after the 'blow job' phrase. Unless
it's about 'blowing one's mind'?
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