Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:07:19 -0600

From: "Timothy C. Frazer" mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: Fornigate & Eatin' Ain't Cheatin' (new words)



I submit that much of the text below is abosolutely of no eymological

significance. If the phraseitself needs to be recorded, fine; the

details that are loaded COULD be construed as someone's exercising his

ppolitical animus.



EATIN' AIN'T CHEATIN'



Gosh, I hope this is over soon. This phrase (not in the RHHDAS) was also

on the web in several newsgroups.

This is from Christopher Caldwell's "Hill of Beans" column, the New York

Press, Jan. 28-Feb 3, 1998, pg. 26, col. 1:



She fell in love with Bill Clinton, even though their relationship

consisted solely of blowjobs. The two almost had sex once, but then the

President pulled back and said, "No, that's special." (How flattering.)

(...)

Anyone inclined to think that Lewinsky's version of the Clinton affair is

a fantasy should keep in mind its details. Clinton is clearly an adherent of

Robb's Rule--named after the prolific Virginia Senator Chuck Robb--that it's

not adultery if only oral sex is involved. This interpretation seems to be

the prevalent one among Southern politicians, who are apt to express it in its

more apothegmatic formulation: _Eatin' ain't cheatin'_.



"Eatin' ain't cheatin'" supposedly comes from a Kinky Friedman song and

was popularized on the Don Imus radio show. I tried to get the full lyrics on

the web, but got "404 File Not Found."

Remember: "Among the New Words" is fine, but please, NO WOTY!!