A woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy, so-called because of her pendulous, lactiferous breasts.
Etymology: Ghetto-speak, circa 1970
Etymology: Ghetto-speak, circa 1970
"Florine ready to drop that trick baby of her," Tyrone ragged. "Shee-it. At least she'll get a bounce in her check. A bounce from the bouncin' lil' bastard."
"That Flo one helluva titty mama," J.J. said smacking his big ass nigger lips.
-- Bigger Vance II, "The Slum Lord Takes a Holiday" (L.A.: Holloway House, 1969)
"That Flo one helluva titty mama," J.J. said smacking his big ass nigger lips.
-- Bigger Vance II, "The Slum Lord Takes a Holiday" (L.A.: Holloway House, 1969)
by Twathenge April 29, 2006

An upper-class town or suburb populated by materialistic people; the men are souless strivers and the women who are automatons.
The fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut actually is Darien, Connecticut, so-called by Ira Levin in his novel "The Stepford Wives" as it is near Stamford, Connecticut, thus: a "Step" from Stam-"ford." Darien is the home of many rich executives and professionals who commute to New York City.
The fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut actually is Darien, Connecticut, so-called by Ira Levin in his novel "The Stepford Wives" as it is near Stamford, Connecticut, thus: a "Step" from Stam-"ford." Darien is the home of many rich executives and professionals who commute to New York City.
"'Stepford' is the fictional upper-class Connecticut town inhabited by men with animatronic spouses in Ira Levin's slyly satirical 'The Stepford Wives.'"
by Twathenge April 29, 2006

A white person who is sexually attracted to or amorously involved with a so-called Negro; usage circa 1960s.
Etymology: The word was current in the early to mid-1960s, before the black power movement replaced the word "Negro" with "Afro-American" and "Black" in polite conversation. The word is featured in the title of Guy D. St. Lazare's 1966 pulp novel "The Young Negrosexuals".
Etymology: The word was current in the early to mid-1960s, before the black power movement replaced the word "Negro" with "Afro-American" and "Black" in polite conversation. The word is featured in the title of Guy D. St. Lazare's 1966 pulp novel "The Young Negrosexuals".
"They came to love negroes."
"What were they called?"
"They were called: THE YOUNG NEGROSEXUALS"
-- jacket blurb from G.D. St. Lazare's novel "The Young Negrosexuals" (New York: Berkely Original, 1966)
"What were they called?"
"They were called: THE YOUNG NEGROSEXUALS"
-- jacket blurb from G.D. St. Lazare's novel "The Young Negrosexuals" (New York: Berkely Original, 1966)
by Twathenge April 25, 2006

"'Do you have any couter, brother?' the old drunkie said to me and my droogs."
-- Anthony Burgess, "A Clockwork Orange"
-- Anthony Burgess, "A Clockwork Orange"
by Twathenge April 29, 2006

A brothel.
Etymology: Since the Elizabethan era, nun has been slang for a prostitute (ref. William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"), and a nunnery referred to a brothel.
See also: Abbess, Bordello, Brothel, Nun, Whorehouse
Etymology: Since the Elizabethan era, nun has been slang for a prostitute (ref. William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"), and a nunnery referred to a brothel.
See also: Abbess, Bordello, Brothel, Nun, Whorehouse
"Polly Adler, in her memoir 'A House is Not a Home,' tells of her time as the abbess of the Big Town's poshest nunnery."
Walter Winchell, 1953
Walter Winchell, 1953
by Twathenge April 26, 2006

Female brothel keeper. A Madame.
Etymology: Victorian underworld slang. An abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey or convent of nuns. Since the Elizabethan era, nun has been slang for a prostitute (ref. William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"), and a nunnery referred to a brothel.
Etymology: Victorian underworld slang. An abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey or convent of nuns. Since the Elizabethan era, nun has been slang for a prostitute (ref. William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"), and a nunnery referred to a brothel.
"Polly Adler, in her memoir 'A House is Not a Home,' tells of her time as the abbess of the Big Town's poshest nunnery."
Walter Winchell, 1953
Walter Winchell, 1953
by Twathenge April 26, 2006
