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GG

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Feb 9, 2012, 3:27:00 AM2/9/12

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[about "getting" a woman]

"Oh, sure, she'd be a nice bring-off, but she'd still be just a whore."

"bring-off"?

Thanks.

Harrison Hill

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Feb 9, 2012, 8:09:31 AM2/9/12

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Never heard of it. "Pull it off" is everyday English for "manage to do
it", so if I had to guess I'd say "bring-off" means "achievement".

tony cooper

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Feb 9, 2012, 9:39:56 AM2/9/12

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Never heard it used that way, but when we "bring off" something we
accomplish something: He was hired to bring off an increase in sales.

The way you've used it, though, sounds like "bring-off" is used to
mean "come away with".

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

Peter Duncanson (BrE)

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Feb 9, 2012, 10:28:15 AM2/9/12

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My interpreation was that "bring-off" is sexual, a reference to orgasm,
possibly that of the man.

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

Ian Jackson

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Feb 9, 2012, 11:21:44 AM2/9/12

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In message <3ep7j7taplj5qvf13...@4ax.com>, "Peter
Duncanson (BrE)" <ma...@peterduncanson.net> writes

I feel that the "achievement" interpretation is probably sufficient. I
suppose you could use something like "a nice pull" in the same way. To
"pull" a bird or a bloke might simply mean that you "got off with" them,
but didn't necessarily have your full wicked way. On the other hand, it
might!
--
Ian

Adam Funk

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Feb 9, 2012, 3:04:16 PM2/9/12

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On 2012-02-09, Harrison Hill wrote:

> Never heard of it. "Pull it off" is everyday English for "manage to do
> it", so if I had to guess I'd say "bring-off" means "achievement".

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Jerry Friedman

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Feb 10, 2012, 12:50:45 AM2/10/12

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"Bring off" can be slang for "cause to have an orgasm". See for
example

http://www.francescaspizza.com/Chapter11.html

(not suitable for work or many other places), and compare "get off",
"beat off", etc.

I haven't seen the noun "bring-off" before, but the speaker means she
could give him "nice" orgasms. (I'm assuming he's a him.)

--
Jerry Friedman

Evan Kirshenbaum

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Feb 10, 2012, 5:43:08 PM2/10/12

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Isn't he a him by definition? Otherwise she'd be a her. They, of
course, might be either.

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GG

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Feb 10, 2012, 6:00:21 PM2/10/12

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Neither did I. Right.

Thank you all.

Jerry Friedman

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Feb 11, 2012, 6:55:41 PM2/11/12

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On Feb 10, 3:43 pm, Evan Kirshenbaum <evan.kirshenb...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jerry Friedman <jerry_fried...@yahoo.com> writes:
> > On Feb 9, 1:27 am, GG <nos...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >> [about "getting" a woman]
>

> >> "Oh, sure, she'd be a nicebring-off, but she'd still be just a
> >> whore."
>
> >> "bring-off"?
...

> > I haven't seen the noun "bring-off" before, but the speaker means she
> > could give him "nice" orgasms. (I'm assuming he's a him.)
>
> Isn't he a him by definition? Otherwise she'd be a her. They, of
> course, might be either.

But he was a him by assumption before I even started that sentence.

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Jerry Friedman