Re: Funny Phrases
Posted by ESC on February 22, 2000 In Reply to: Funny Phrases for Proofs of Manhood??
posted by Patty on February 21, 2000
: Does anyone have any humorous (or just good) phrases for those
forays that young men take to prove their worth? (Not looking for
erotically oriented phrases, you salacious-minded readers!)
: I'm interested in phrases, slang terms, or coulourful descriptions
about men proving or establishing themselves. Early battles and
quests. Marking out turf. Etcetera...
: Patty
It seems to me that "growing antlers" is a term for a boy growing
into manhood. Then, from the "This Dog'll Hunt: An Entertaining
Texas Dictionary" by Wallace O. Chariton: "beginning to feather
out."
"When I was your age, young and full of ginger, I wanted to take
a bite out of every pretty girl I saw." quoted in "The Wolfpen Notebooks"
by James Still (The University Of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Ky.,
1991).
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