| 词汇 | peter |
| 词源 | peter. A widespread euphemism for penis due to its associa- tion with the word pee and the first syllable of penis. Noted ety- mologist Vance Randolph wrote, “Very few natives of the Ozarks will consider naming a boy Peter” because of this sig- nificance. “An evangelist from the North shouted something about the Church being founded on the rock of St. Peter,” Ran- dolph noted, “and he was puzzled by the flushed cheeks of the young woman and the ill-suppressed amusement of the ungod- ly. Mountain folk don’t even like to pronounce names like Hitchcock or Cock.” (A dislike, it should be added, that is found among some people in many areas.) |
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