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According to Michael Kelly, a writer and historian in New Zealand, "the origin of the expression 'how's your father' can be traced back to Victorian times. In those days any man with a daughter was so protective of her virtue that he would take extraordinary measures to safeguard it. Unmarried girls would be kept within the bosom of their family as much as possible, chaperoned on excursions, and on those occasions when they were let out of bounds for social events, their fathers would often accompany them discreetly by hiding underneath their voluminous skirts ready to pounce on any man who transgressed the bounds of propriety.
However, a father with more than one daughter couldn't be everywhere at once. Thus, a suitor having a discreet vis-a-vis with his beloved would cautiously ascertain her father's whereabouts by asking, 'And how is your father?' If her father was currently under her skirts, she would glance downwards and reply, 'My father is very well, thank you, and as alert and vigorous as ever, and maintains his interest in rusty castrating implements.' Her beau would then say, 'I have always had the greatest respect for your father, and of course for you. Let us hold hands and think about the Queen for a while.' If, on the other hand, her father was elsewhere, she would reply, 'The mad old bastard is currently stationed between my sister Constance's thighs. Let us go into the garden and rut like stoats.'
Hence, 'How's your father' became a euphemism for you-know-what."
However, a father with more than one daughter couldn't be everywhere at once. Thus, a suitor having a discreet vis-a-vis with his beloved would cautiously ascertain her father's whereabouts by asking, 'And how is your father?' If her father was currently under her skirts, she would glance downwards and reply, 'My father is very well, thank you, and as alert and vigorous as ever, and maintains his interest in rusty castrating implements.' Her beau would then say, 'I have always had the greatest respect for your father, and of course for you. Let us hold hands and think about the Queen for a while.' If, on the other hand, her father was elsewhere, she would reply, 'The mad old bastard is currently stationed between my sister Constance's thighs. Let us go into the garden and rut like stoats.'
Hence, 'How's your father' became a euphemism for you-know-what."
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Provenance: how's your father? catchphrase associated with the British music-hall comedian Harry Tate (1872-1940). Apparently, he would exclaim it as a way of changing the subject and in order to get out of a difficult situation. The phrase either subsequently or simultaneously took on a life of its own meaning the same as a 'thingummy' or anything the speaker did not wish to name. From that, in phrases like 'indulging in a spot of how's-your-father', it became a euphemism for sexual activity.
From _Dictionary of Catchphrases_ (1995) by Nigel Rees
Provenance: how's your father? catchphrase associated with the British music-hall comedian Harry Tate (1872-1940). Apparently, he would exclaim it as a way of changing the subject and in order to get out of a difficult situation. The phrase either subsequently or simultaneously took on a life of its own meaning the same as a 'thingummy' or anything the speaker did not wish to name. From that, in phrases like 'indulging in a spot of how's-your-father', it became a euphemism for sexual activity.
From _Dictionary of Catchphrases_ (1995) by Nigel Rees
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2. fake tanned: being tan from a salon not the sun, leaves orange glow.
3. wears tight clothing: usually items that can show off their body's or fake tanned skin. mostly abercrombie, A&F, hollister, and american eagle.
4. fake girls always have make-up on, most of them never leave their house without it. fake girls always have the thick dark mascara lashes and usually have some-what thick eye liner.
5. nails done at all time: acrilic nails to fake girls are probally one of the most important things to them. this includes finger nails and toe nails.
6. always have accessories: fakes girls always tend to have huge sunglasses and big purses from name brands such as chanel, prada, Louie V, dolce and gabbana, juicy couture and guess.
7. fake girls all usually have sqeaky or scratchy and high pitched voices, or at least try to make their voices sound like that.
8. they usually have very loud and obnoxiously annoying laughs, that they fake because they think their real laughs are too manly.
9. fake girls usually swear frequently and use alot of slang words, their usually the ones who hear the new slang words first.
10. fake girls can always be caught calling their friends by pet names like girl, gilfriend, baby, babygirl or words that are usually hurtful, but to them their names you call people when their close with them. such as hucci, whore, slut, cunt, and bitch.
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when fake girls do this they are sometimes mistaken for italian princesses.
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