new word

[Stavrogin]

i learned a new word while playing scrabble last night...

 

Main Entry: tup

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): tupped; tup·ping

chiefly British : to copulate with (a ewe)

[EWolfe]

I thought it was weird that Bob said he was going to tupper parties.

 

Now I get it.

[iain]

gives new meaning to "Tupperware by Rubbermaid"

[Lyger]

Always love to expand my vocabulary. Here's another for you:

Murkin: (n) a pubic wig for women

 

A necessary item for any woman's wardrobe

[Ireneo_Funes]

"Tup" is probably a variation of "top" (as a verb).

 

Seen here in Othello, Act 1, Scene 1:

 

IAGO:

'Zounds, sir, you're robb'd; for shame, put on

your gown;

Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul;

Even now, now, very now, an old black ram

Is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise;

Awake the snorting citizens with the bell,

Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you:

Arise, I say.

 

Here's the real linguistic mystery: is this 17th century relic the ancestor of our modern-day "schtupp"?

[selkirk]

Isn't schtupp yiddish?

[Ireneo_Funes]

Yeah, it is.

 

But I wouldn't be surprised if there was a common root between the two.

[bunglehead]

Yes it is Yiddish.

[Mal_Con]

Lilly von Schtupp: I'm tired of men always coming and going, going and coming and always too soon! Vat am I, a rabbit?

Blazing Saddles always a classic

Edited March 2, 2005 by Mal_Con

[selkirk]

I was just wondering if it was the other way around.... did the term tup grow out of sctupp? Were's CPB when you need an expert on these matters!

[iain]

somebody shoot me

[selkirk]

somebody tup me

 

[olyclimber]

ewe

[iain]

somebody tup me

 

 

damn I got served

[L0ngpause]

Yes Lyger, A murkin is necessary on those extra special days. On X-tremely, X-tra superdiduper special days, one may require a Ferkin-((n)equal to 9 imperial gallons) of murkins(pubic wigs). <--the brainchild of Lyger

[L0ngpause]

One must take head to make sure that your gherkin(n)-small pickled cucumber must not get stuck in the murkin,

Yeah, for SUREkin

[Dru]

merkin with an e

You 'Merkins live in the United States of 'Merkina

[selkirk]

Hey, just because your beaver skin murkin itches is no reason to blame it on us.

[Dru]

Getting back to "Tup", does this explain Tupshin and Mt Tupper?

[Lyger]

hey, I'm for shurkin that we've moved onto merkins. The great part is that you could be wearing a jerkin (n)- a tight fitting vest for those who like to show off heaving breasts. while eating a ferkin of gherkins (previously defined) in you merkin. I am quite keen on finding out where one could aquire a merkin, though I would hesitiate to wear one in polite society.

[Skeezix]

Urilagnia

[klenke]

The spelling is as Dru stated, with an 'e'.

I thought I had seen the word before and sure enough I had. The pubic wig was not worn on the head like you might have guessed but over the groin region.

From Norman Schur's 2000 Most Challenging Words [copyright 1987]:

[Dru]

I heard somewhere it was for those who were embarassed after they had had to shave to get rid of a pubic louse infestation.

[Lyger]

I've heard that prostitutes would wear then as a means of hiding unsightly sores (hazards of the job) that would deter potential clients. Unfortunatly prositutes of this day and age are not privy to such wonderfully useful accessories.

[L0ngpause]

Can you imagine how soft a mink merkin would feel? I would rub myself all day.