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Sawfish
Sep 5, 2022, 12:25:34 PM9/5/22
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...at least in the US.
Cornhole tournaments.
Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
derisive term for buggery.
So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
advertised on TV.
I thought:
"Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
competitions.
"...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
the criteria...?"
I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
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Cornhole tournaments.
Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
derisive term for buggery.
So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
advertised on TV.
I thought:
"Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
competitions.
"...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
the criteria...?"
I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
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"The food at the new restaurant was awful--but at least the portions
were large!" --Sawfish
Gracchus
Sep 5, 2022, 12:40:08 PM9/5/22
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On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 9:25:34 AM UTC-7, sawfish wrote:
> ...at least in the US.
>
> Cornhole tournaments.
>
> Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
> derisive term for buggery.
>
> So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
> advertised on TV.
>
> I thought:
>
> "Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
> live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
> competitions.
>
> "...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
> the criteria...?"
>
> I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
>
> Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
I heard it used that way in the 1970s. I don't think it was common in our region, at least in that era. Some kid at school heard it somewhere and everyone tossed it around constantly for a month or so. I had the same confused reaction as you when the term cropped up recently as a game.
> ...at least in the US.
>
> Cornhole tournaments.
>
> Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
> derisive term for buggery.
>
> So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
> advertised on TV.
>
> I thought:
>
> "Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
> live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
> competitions.
>
> "...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
> the criteria...?"
>
> I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
>
> Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
*skriptis
Sep 5, 2022, 1:00:05 PM9/5/22
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Sawfish <sawfi...@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
> ...at least in the US.Cornhole tournaments.Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory, derisive term for buggery.So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament" advertised on TV.I thought:"Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery competitions."...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be the criteria...?"I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"The food at the new restaurant was awful--but at least the portionswere large!" --Sawfish
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole_(slang)
Cornhole (sometimes corn hole) is a sexual slang vulgarism for the anus.[1] The term came into use in the 1910s in the United States.[2] Its verb form, to cornhole, which came into use in the '30s, means 'to have anal sex'.[2][3]
Connotations and variants
Edit
The term is apparently derived "from the practice in the days of the outhouse of using dried corn cobs for toilet paper."[4][5]
By the middle of the 20th century, the term was used among American criminals.[6] According to a 1944 report on male-male prison rape, the term had taken on a more specific meaning of taking the penetrative role in anal sex.[7] It was also popularized in part through use in gay culture.[8][9]
In a similar context, a corn husk is a "condom", especially one manufactured for anal intercourse.[10]
According to linguist Jonathan Lighter, to cornhole and variant non-derived synonyms have developed as compound verbs: to corncob [1975] and to corndog [1985].[11] Linguists have noted the verb form as an example of possible compound verbs in English. There is debate whether such words are genuine compounds or pseudo-compounds.[12]
Cornholio, the alter ego of Beavis from Beavis and Butt-head, is a play on the word cornhole, as his catch phrase is “I am the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!"[13][14] The personality of Cornholio, in turn, became inspiration for the cocktail called the "Flaming Cornholio".[15]
Comedian George Carlin performed a short skit about the word cornhole in his 2005 show "Life Is Worth Losing", praising it for being tough-sounding and thus more honest than politically correct terms like anal intercourse or anal rape. He elaborated on the word repeatedly in earlier shows, including a famous rant about the euphemism treadmill which caused the term shell shock to evolve into post-traumatic stress disorder. He then imagined its use in a forensic investigation scene of a police procedurals television series ("That there is a posthumous, multiple cornhole entry wound") and pointed out that "in prison it's a social activity".
Related terms
Asshole
Bunghole
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> ...at least in the US.Cornhole tournaments.Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory, derisive term for buggery.So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament" advertised on TV.I thought:"Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery competitions."...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be the criteria...?"I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"The food at the new restaurant was awful--but at least the portionswere large!" --Sawfish
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole_(slang)
Cornhole (sometimes corn hole) is a sexual slang vulgarism for the anus.[1] The term came into use in the 1910s in the United States.[2] Its verb form, to cornhole, which came into use in the '30s, means 'to have anal sex'.[2][3]
Connotations and variants
Edit
The term is apparently derived "from the practice in the days of the outhouse of using dried corn cobs for toilet paper."[4][5]
By the middle of the 20th century, the term was used among American criminals.[6] According to a 1944 report on male-male prison rape, the term had taken on a more specific meaning of taking the penetrative role in anal sex.[7] It was also popularized in part through use in gay culture.[8][9]
In a similar context, a corn husk is a "condom", especially one manufactured for anal intercourse.[10]
According to linguist Jonathan Lighter, to cornhole and variant non-derived synonyms have developed as compound verbs: to corncob [1975] and to corndog [1985].[11] Linguists have noted the verb form as an example of possible compound verbs in English. There is debate whether such words are genuine compounds or pseudo-compounds.[12]
Cornholio, the alter ego of Beavis from Beavis and Butt-head, is a play on the word cornhole, as his catch phrase is “I am the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!"[13][14] The personality of Cornholio, in turn, became inspiration for the cocktail called the "Flaming Cornholio".[15]
Comedian George Carlin performed a short skit about the word cornhole in his 2005 show "Life Is Worth Losing", praising it for being tough-sounding and thus more honest than politically correct terms like anal intercourse or anal rape. He elaborated on the word repeatedly in earlier shows, including a famous rant about the euphemism treadmill which caused the term shell shock to evolve into post-traumatic stress disorder. He then imagined its use in a forensic investigation scene of a police procedurals television series ("That there is a posthumous, multiple cornhole entry wound") and pointed out that "in prison it's a social activity".
Related terms
Asshole
Bunghole
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bmoore
Sep 5, 2022, 1:27:12 PM9/5/22
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On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 9:25:34 AM UTC-7, sawfish wrote:
> ...at least in the US.
>
> Cornhole tournaments.
>
> Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
> derisive term for buggery.
>
> So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
> advertised on TV.
>
> I thought:
>
> "Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
> live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
> competitions.
>
> "...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
> the criteria...?"
>
> I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
>
> Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHv2dIM3t9I
>
> Cornhole tournaments.
>
> Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
> derisive term for buggery.
>
> So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
> advertised on TV.
>
> I thought:
>
> "Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
> live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
> competitions.
>
> "...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
> the criteria...?"
>
> I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
>
> Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
Sawfish
Sep 5, 2022, 1:28:32 PM9/5/22
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probably the early 60s when I heard it.
It may have been common there, I don't know.
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The Iceberg
Sep 6, 2022, 3:10:28 AM9/6/22
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The Iceberg
Sep 6, 2022, 3:11:24 AM9/6/22
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On Monday, 5 September 2022 at 18:28:32 UTC+1, sawfish wrote:
> On 9/5/22 9:40 AM, Gracchus wrote:
> > On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 9:25:34 AM UTC-7, sawfish wrote:
> >> ...at least in the US.
> >>
> >> Cornhole tournaments.
> >>
> >> Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
> >> derisive term for buggery.
> >>
> >> So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
> >> advertised on TV.
> >>
> >> I thought:
> >>
> >> "Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
> >> live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
> >> competitions.
> >>
> >> "...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
> >> the criteria...?"
> >>
> >> I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
> >>
> >> Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
> > I heard it used that way in the 1970s. I don't think it was common in our region, at least in that era. Some kid at school heard it somewhere and everyone tossed it around constantly for a month or so. I had the same confused reaction as you when the term cropped up recently as a game.
> I heard it from the sons of people who came out of the dustbowl. It was
> probably the early 60s when I heard it.
>
> It may have been common there, I don't know.
it's used as slang in Queensland in Australia too! not sure about elsewhere there, isn't used over here.
> On 9/5/22 9:40 AM, Gracchus wrote:
> > On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 9:25:34 AM UTC-7, sawfish wrote:
> >> ...at least in the US.
> >>
> >> Cornhole tournaments.
> >>
> >> Now, as a kid in rural CA, the term "cornhole" was a derogatory,
> >> derisive term for buggery.
> >>
> >> So you can imagine my shock at first seeing a "cornhole tournament"
> >> advertised on TV.
> >>
> >> I thought:
> >>
> >> "Things are bad, and changing for the worse, but I never thought I'd
> >> live to see the day that there'd be nationally televised buggery
> >> competitions.
> >>
> >> "...and how, exactly, do they *judge* such a tournament, what would be
> >> the criteria...?"
> >>
> >> I can imagine a 1980s Eddie Murphy take on this...
> >>
> >> Was this just a regional term, or did it also surprise some other RSTers?
> > I heard it used that way in the 1970s. I don't think it was common in our region, at least in that era. Some kid at school heard it somewhere and everyone tossed it around constantly for a month or so. I had the same confused reaction as you when the term cropped up recently as a game.
> I heard it from the sons of people who came out of the dustbowl. It was
> probably the early 60s when I heard it.
>
> It may have been common there, I don't know.
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