Re: Blowjobs and pant legs in Dutch

En réponse à Almaran Dungeonmaster <dungeonmaster@...>:

>
> Hmm.... I couldn't guess why...
>
Sorry, I learned the schuine woorden before anything else :))) .

>
> "Pijp" comes from the same root as English "pipe", and it is used for
> almost
> any long, hollow tube, such as a tabacco pipe or a pant leg. I think
> the
> verb variant used in the other meaning comes from the shape made by
> the
> lips, tongue and oral cavity at that time.
>
Well, French has a similar expression: "tailler une pipe", which gives the
Clinton's cigar episode quite a different resonance in French :)))) .

Christophe.

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