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From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: a horny dilemma
Message-ID: <1425@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 20:30:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 20:30:16 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 1-Nov-84 02:09:32 EST
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Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

>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?
>

I'd be interested to know how the word 'randy' got to mean the same thing.