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Subject: Merkins
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Original Message 1/8 01-May-06 @ 04:52 AM - Merkins
I'd never even thought of it! I lived in Amsterdam for four years and thought I'd encountered or heard of most adornments and/or practises. Isn't life great!
Following research (done purely for educational reasons and out of a sense of duty to other uninformed DT readers) I had to share the following link with you
http://www.playazon.com/fashion/merkin_light.html
Notice the ad: Customers who bought this product wished they'd also bought...
Message 2/8 02-May-06 @ 03:24 PM - RE: Merkins
"My fellow Merkins!" (americans)
then he reveals 'Merkin' is an old english name for a pubic wig... lol, so Bush is calling his nation a bunch of pubic wigs
hmmmm...
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 4/8 04-May-06 @ 10:54 PM - RE: Merkins
mer·kin - A pubic wig for women.
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 5/8 05-May-06 @ 02:24 AM - RE: Merkins
But the plot thickens! The 8th ed OED doesn't list the word, yet the 5th does, and so does the 11th! This means that at some point the editors decided that the word was obsolete, then reconsidered and reinstalled it! Fascinating! On what grounds were those decisions made? What was it that clinched it for reinclusion!
Surfing, it's suggested that Chaucer used the term (if not the object) and that it has a possible permutation with the name Maud (who can look a Maud in the eye and keep a straight face after reading that?)
Associated with ladies of the street (a 'mercantile' joke should be made here) who were not too particular about the old hygiene, it was used to cover up scabs and rashes and other delights that might have had a negative impact on trade!
Don't think they have to be made from pubes, though this could be some sort of quality issue!
For the rest of us, burn the knickers of your women (careful grammar), or if you are female burn your own, and wear merkins!
Oh and K, don't be so disheartened, although I couldn't find anywhere saying they were for men, there's nowhere saying they aren't! If the urge takes you ...
Message 6/8 05-May-06 @ 02:33 AM - RE: Merkins
(who can now look an American in the eye and keep a straight face?) That name should stick!
Message 7/8 05-May-06 @ 10:47 PM - RE: Merkins
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