Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site mot.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!wjh12!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!oakhill!mot!al From: al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: a horny dilemma Message-ID: <19@mot.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 00:01:37 EST Article-I.D.: mot.19 Posted: Sat Nov 3 00:01:37 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 30-Oct-84 00:40:10 EST Organization: Motorola Microsystems, Phoenix AZ Lines: 13 --to the (mythical?) line-eater-- All right, you amateur etymologists. Why the slang "horny" meaning "sexually excited" or "sexually excitable"? Has it got anything to do with the ancient and widespread "horned" meaning "cuckolded"? And where did that come from? Any good stories for these? Alan Filipski Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ USA {allegra | ihnp4 } ! sftig ! mot ! al