Re: Tipping the velvet
Posted by Lewis on June 26, 2003 In Reply to: Re: Tipping the velvet posted
by ESC on June 26, 2003
: : When did this euphemism start? and exctly who did it refer
to?
: VELVET - The tongue in expressions such as "tip the velvet."
Cant., late 1600s, British English. (From "Slang and Euphemism:
A Dictionary of Oaths, Curses, Insults, Ethnic Slurs, Sexual Slang
and Metaphor, Drug Talk, College Lingo and Related Matters" by Richard
A. Spears (New American Library, Penguin Putnam, New York, Third
Edition, 2001)
That's handy for origin, but it doesn't say what it means - "tipping"
would imply the use of a tip - eg the tip of a tongue - "the velvet"
well the tongue does have a velvety quality - whilst the expression
initially suggests using the tip of the tongue, I guess it refers
to cunnilingus, as a woman's "secret garden" could also be described
as "the velvet", could it not?
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