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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 08:17 AM
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was "sexy" ever synonymous with "horny?"
heard that usage in a movie from 30 years ago.

just wondering.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 08:21 AM
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1. never.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 08:22 AM
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2. then you disagree with Ned Beatty in "Silver Streak"
1976.

you dare disagree with Ned Beatty?

i am not responsible for what happens to you.

btw, the villain was named Devereaux.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 08:27 AM
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5. i've disagreed with Ned Beatty ever since he said 'squeal'.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 08:29 AM
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6. he said "WEEEEEEEEEE WEEEEEEEEEE WEEEEEEEEEEE!"
during the love scene
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 08:24 AM
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3. possibly --
The word horny "sexually excited, lecherous" derives from an interesting yet not surprising source. As early as the mid-18th century, an erection was known as a horn or the horn, simply because it looked a bit like one. James Joyce even used the term in his Ulysses. From there, any man having the horn was called horny, and this is first recorded in 1889. It was surely in use long before then, as the horn probably was. It often takes some time for lewd slang to make it into the written record.

http://www.takeourword.com/pt.html
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 08:26 AM
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4. also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horny

Horny is an adjective that can describe the conditions

An animal that possessed a horn (anatomy)
A slang term for sexual arousal and/or desiring sexual gratification
Having a rough, knobbly surface—e.g., a horny skin, found in some lizards
being sexually excited (to feel / be horny); (informal)
Horny may also refer to:

Horny (Dungeon Keeper) is also a character in the PC Real-time strategy game Dungeon Keeper.
Horny (song) is a hit single by German DJ Mousse T.

See also
Cuckold ("to have horns" meaning "to be a cuckold"), the (usually male) victim of adultery
Corna (Italian for horns), vulgar gesture
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