Date:  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:55:22 -0500

From:  "Dennis R. Preston" <preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: cunnilingus



Not only is Jesse not being inventive, but I (and I think every other

linguist I know) am sick and tired of being called a 'cunninglinguist'

(which seems to be independently thought up by every 'wag' I meet.



For a while (perhaps even now?) this was helped along by the linguists at

CUNY (who, you guessed it, called themselves CUNYlinguists).



Dennis (who would even rather be asked how many languages he speaks) Preston

<preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot,msu.edu>





>> > What is a dental dam?

>>

>> Effectively it's a flat piece of latex used to cover the vagina

>> so that cunnilingus can be performed without exchanging body

>> fluids.

>>

>> Jesse Sheidlower

>

>Cunnilingus? By the context that I see it in here, I can guess what

>it means. But it's not a word I am familiar with. Is it in common

>usage? Or is Jesse being inventive?

>

>

>

>Tom Uharriet

>utom[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]admn.712.nebo.edu