Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 08:09:01 -0700

From: "A. Maberry" maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: Golden Oldies



it may have already been mentioned, but i recall the phrase "do the deed"

from the 50s or 60s. and there is always "get one's (M) pencil sharpened"

which i heard in the early 70s.



Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Mark Mandel wrote:



Charles Boewe cboewe[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JUNO.COM writes:



[...]

From the 1940s:

To lay (M), to get laid (F)



I don't go that far back, but for me a male can "get laid" too, since the 60s or late 50s. Was that

a change? It gives

HIM, too, an intransitive form of "lay", while "lay" requires an explicit object.



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