Pieeee
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I got asked this the other day and it got me thinking about where the word came from. Theres a few origins floatin about like these:
1.
blow job
an act of fellatio.
This term, now widespread in English-speaking countries, spread from the USA in the 1960s. A puzzling misnomer to many, to blow in this context is probably a euphemism for ejaculate, a usage occasionally recorded in the 1950s. This may itself be influenced by the there she blows of whaling cliche. An alternative and equally plausible derivation of blow job is from the black jazz musicians hip talk expression blow meaning play (an instrument). This term probably caught on in Britain and Australia simply because there was no well-known alternative in existence.(1)
2.
No one seems to know for sure where the term blow-job came from, but as sexual terms go, its common understanding and usage are relatively new." It did not begin to appear in slang dictionaries until the mid-1060's, following a film by Andy Warhol titled Blow Job, in which several explicit depictions of the act appeared. Prior to that, its use had been uncommon, being limited to some college men and prostitutes, and an occasional appearance in underground pornography.
In the 1930's, prostitutes would offer to blow off a patron. It is thought that this term was used in the sense of blowing off steam, or finishing something off. However, other linguists believe that the term blow job has gradually evolved from eighteenth century Europe, when prostitutes were called blowers. There is no indication, however, that in the eighteenth century that the act of oral satisfaction was called a blow job, although it is obvious that this was one of the jobs performed by a blower.
3.
According to Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, it started out as "basket job," a gay term from the 1940s. Basket was a slang word for the male genitals, and job referred to a procedure. The wording may have been switched to blowjob due to the fact that "blow" already referred to the act of fellatio (because of the appearance of the physical act).
Your thoughts?
imp:
1.
blow job
an act of fellatio.This term, now widespread in English-speaking countries, spread from the USA in the 1960s. A puzzling misnomer to many, to blow in this context is probably a euphemism for ejaculate, a usage occasionally recorded in the 1950s. This may itself be influenced by the there she blows of whaling cliche. An alternative and equally plausible derivation of blow job is from the black jazz musicians hip talk expression blow meaning play (an instrument). This term probably caught on in Britain and Australia simply because there was no well-known alternative in existence.(1)
2.
No one seems to know for sure where the term blow-job came from, but as sexual terms go, its common understanding and usage are relatively new." It did not begin to appear in slang dictionaries until the mid-1060's, following a film by Andy Warhol titled Blow Job, in which several explicit depictions of the act appeared. Prior to that, its use had been uncommon, being limited to some college men and prostitutes, and an occasional appearance in underground pornography.
In the 1930's, prostitutes would offer to blow off a patron. It is thought that this term was used in the sense of blowing off steam, or finishing something off. However, other linguists believe that the term blow job has gradually evolved from eighteenth century Europe, when prostitutes were called blowers. There is no indication, however, that in the eighteenth century that the act of oral satisfaction was called a blow job, although it is obvious that this was one of the jobs performed by a blower.
3.
According to Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, it started out as "basket job," a gay term from the 1940s. Basket was a slang word for the male genitals, and job referred to a procedure. The wording may have been switched to blowjob due to the fact that "blow" already referred to the act of fellatio (because of the appearance of the physical act).
Your thoughts?
imp:
